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7mm STW Reloading Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="dougduey" data-source="post: 1449735" data-attributes="member: 33159"><p>RL25 is the go to powder for the 140 gr bullets for me. H1000 works on all the bullet weights very well, and Retumbo is good for the heavies. I've talked to a few of the ballisticians at Berger, Nosler and Sierra over the last few years. One thing they have all suggested is to pick a powder that gives you a 90% or more case fill. I don't like having a compressed load, so I've changed from powders that I felt were going to be compressed to one that wouldn't for a particular bullet. For example, I'm shooting the 177 gr Hammer Hunter (Hammer Bullets) using RL26, and getting great velocity and accuracy. The bullet is very long and had to be seated deeper than I wanted to be able to use it in my mag box (3.700" COAL). Retumbo was going to give me a compressed load, so I switched to RL 26, which would normally be in the mid 80% fill, but due to the length of the bullet and my required seating depth, it ended up being a nice full case and not compressed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dougduey, post: 1449735, member: 33159"] RL25 is the go to powder for the 140 gr bullets for me. H1000 works on all the bullet weights very well, and Retumbo is good for the heavies. I've talked to a few of the ballisticians at Berger, Nosler and Sierra over the last few years. One thing they have all suggested is to pick a powder that gives you a 90% or more case fill. I don't like having a compressed load, so I've changed from powders that I felt were going to be compressed to one that wouldn't for a particular bullet. For example, I'm shooting the 177 gr Hammer Hunter (Hammer Bullets) using RL26, and getting great velocity and accuracy. The bullet is very long and had to be seated deeper than I wanted to be able to use it in my mag box (3.700" COAL). Retumbo was going to give me a compressed load, so I switched to RL 26, which would normally be in the mid 80% fill, but due to the length of the bullet and my required seating depth, it ended up being a nice full case and not compressed. [/QUOTE]
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