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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
7mm WSM, 180's and Re17
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 867437" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Bill,</p><p></p><p>RL17 woks well in the WSM's but the 7mmWSM is different than the 300 WSM in it's volume to bore ratio, so 17 is going to have different performance characteristics in those 2 cartridges. In the 300 WSM, it does very well with 165 to 215 bullets. In the 7 WSM you're probably going to find the best results with 150 gr and less. The 284 Win is a smaller case and has a closer volume to bore ratio to the 300 WSM and is an ideal case for RL17.</p><p></p><p>You can try it with 180's in the WSM, but you're going to find it's on the slow side burn rate wise and will leave you with a lot of empty case space. If you can't find a good starting load, give Alliant a call. Otherwise, I would probably start with about 80% seated bullet case capacity and work up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 867437, member: 11717"] Bill, RL17 woks well in the WSM's but the 7mmWSM is different than the 300 WSM in it's volume to bore ratio, so 17 is going to have different performance characteristics in those 2 cartridges. In the 300 WSM, it does very well with 165 to 215 bullets. In the 7 WSM you're probably going to find the best results with 150 gr and less. The 284 Win is a smaller case and has a closer volume to bore ratio to the 300 WSM and is an ideal case for RL17. You can try it with 180's in the WSM, but you're going to find it's on the slow side burn rate wise and will leave you with a lot of empty case space. If you can't find a good starting load, give Alliant a call. Otherwise, I would probably start with about 80% seated bullet case capacity and work up. [/QUOTE]
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