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Old stock Herter’s bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="Rum River" data-source="post: 2219397" data-attributes="member: 16869"><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>Last year I came across some 308 diameter Herter's bullets in 180 grain.</p><p>My brother was looking for a new load for his .30-06 700 Remington.</p><p></p><p>We determined a starting overall length by fully prepping five cases and loosely starting the Herter's bullet.</p><p>After carefully chambering and extracting these dummy rounds we used the shortest measurement and subtracted .030" as a starting point.</p><p></p><p>As to powder, I used IMR 4350. I don't have the load data in front of me right now (and it wouldn't apply for your lighter bullets anyway). As these Herter's bullets were cup and core construction I went through six different loading manuals looking up 180 grain data for various cup and core bullets. I stuck to the conservative side for a range of charges for development testing.</p><p></p><p>Watched for pressure signs and all worked out fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rum River, post: 2219397, member: 16869"] Welcome to the forum. Last year I came across some 308 diameter Herter's bullets in 180 grain. My brother was looking for a new load for his .30-06 700 Remington. We determined a starting overall length by fully prepping five cases and loosely starting the Herter's bullet. After carefully chambering and extracting these dummy rounds we used the shortest measurement and subtracted .030" as a starting point. As to powder, I used IMR 4350. I don't have the load data in front of me right now (and it wouldn't apply for your lighter bullets anyway). As these Herter's bullets were cup and core construction I went through six different loading manuals looking up 180 grain data for various cup and core bullets. I stuck to the conservative side for a range of charges for development testing. Watched for pressure signs and all worked out fine. [/QUOTE]
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