If you can find them...
Primers
CCI250- I've been looking for these for a couple of months
Remington 91/2M (I picked a box of 1,000 up at Bass Pro the other day. I was amazed to find them and it was the only box)
Whatever someone else recommends
ANYTHING you can get your hands on
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The rifle won't go bang without them.
Powder
The Sierra manual says:
MagPro for accuracy
IMR-4831 for hunting (SMK's are not recommended for hunting)
Both are loaded for 3,000 fps. I assume that the difference is SMK vs SBT and HPBT bullets.
other choices are:
H1000 (good powder for the big magnums)
RE-22 (good powder for the big magnums)
H4831-SC
Viht N165
There's more but those are the powders that I've used
If you don't have a local outlet for powder, Powder Valley is a decent source for online ordering. You have to pay a Hazmat fee for powder and primer shipments so it's not necessarily the cheapest way to go
PS- Berger VLD's are great bullets. Check them out. Sometimes Bass Pro or Cabela's has them. Look for the "pretty" bright orange box.