I am shooting a Nemo Omen 2.0 Watchman. .300 Win. Magnum. I am trying to come up with a good powder/bullet combination for long range hunting. I am currently using Hornady ELD-X in 220 grain with IMR 7977 powder. 70 grains. My chrono is showing an average of 2400FPS. I also have some Nosler 200 grain with 72 grains of IMR 7977 powder. Average FPS is 2350. So far these combinations seem a little slow. I have a Leopold 3-18 CDS scope on the rifle. Any suggestions on different powder for better ballistics would be helpful. I would prefer to stay with Nosler or Hornady bullets if possible as I have had many years of good results with these.
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Reloading .300 Win. Mag
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You're way low on charge. Nosler has some on-line data, and list 7977 for their 220 grain Custom Comp, and Partitions. That charge weight is 73min - 77 max.
Their 210 ABLR lists 7977 with a charge weight of 74 - 79
Those Hornady's should be roughly in that same range. You should be able to see 2700 fps
Their 210 ABLR lists 7977 with a charge weight of 74 - 79
Those Hornady's should be roughly in that same range. You should be able to see 2700 fps
Welcome to LRH and enjoy! See attached doc below from Hornady and good luck!
