Jayjay
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What is your starting charge for the reloader 17
338-06 load's
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Jayjay
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I'm wanting to use H4350 or reloader 17.
baldhunter
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Those powders is what I would consider as the slow end of the powders for the 338-06.You will probably find as much as you can stuff in the case and still seat your bullet is going to be your load.I have found the 338-06 quite easy to load for.With the 200gr using H-4350 or Reloader-17 start at 60grs and keep going up.
baldhunter
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alaska
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Reloader 17 @ 61.0
WLRM primer
WW Cases is a must
225gr Hornady SP or Nosler Part
Suggest flat base bullets not BT
2700 FPS
If you WLR primer instead of Magnum primers 63.0 of RL 17.
338-06 WBY UL
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co_nucleus
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Savage 110 Apache barrel - Win brass, 200 grain Spitzer SP, Winchester WLR primers,
60.0 grains H4350 - 24-inch barrel chrono avg of five = 2625 fps 10' from muzzle, Temp. 67°F
60.0 grains H4350 - 24-inch barrel chrono avg of five = 2625 fps 10' from muzzle, Temp. 67°F
thatguyshm
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Bringing this one back from the archives.
What's everyone's thought on 200gr Etips and Staball 6.5? It's a tad slower than CFE223 and should fill the case well. I'm thinking about starting around 54 and just going up one grain at a time, one round over the chrono.
What's everyone's thought on 200gr Etips and Staball 6.5? It's a tad slower than CFE223 and should fill the case well. I'm thinking about starting around 54 and just going up one grain at a time, one round over the chrono.
baldhunter
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Staball6.5 is near,but a tad slower than 4350 powders according to the charts.E-Tips,being a mono-metal is a longer bullet by weight compared to a cup and core.I didn't check,but the 200gr E-Tips is probably about the same length as a 225gr cup and core.The longer bearing surface is a reason to reduce your load compared to a cup and core bullet of the same weight.They don't show load data for the 338-06 using Staball6.5.Using load data for 225gr bullet,I think you will find your load will be close to the 60.0gr mark.I haven't used the E-Tips in my 338-06,but with that bullet I'd be happy with 2700-2750fps,Staball6.5 might get you more,I don't know,but 2800fps is easy for me to get with 200gr Accubonds.Loading for my 338-06,I found anything around the 4350 burn range was getting in the slower end of the usable powders. http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle
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TRexF16
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Thanks for that load data!
I use Power Pro 2000-MR in both the 338-06 and the 35 Whelen AI. In the 338-06, PP 2000-MR will also give me an easy 2700 FPS with the 225 Partition in a 24 inch barrel
Cheers,
Rex
thatguyshm
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I've loaded plenty of 225 Accubonds with RL17 and they worked great, top notch velocities. With 200gr bullets, I actually found H380 and a mag primer to work very well. I'm going to give staball a go with some HotCors then move over to Etips to start over with a mono bullet load work up. 168s shoot very well in the 30-06 with staball, so we'll see what 338s do.
archeratlrg
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Good evening, is your 338-06 the standard or AI version?
baldhunter
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Standard
