us 869 in 7 mm remington

[ann brezinski]

how does this work with 168 to180 grain bullets in the 7 mm Remington magnum?
gary b..

 

[Dosh]

GB, best I have found for the 168 Berger was H1000 in a Rem 700. Accuracy was outstanding considering the shooter is extremely vision deficient. Haven't loaded any 180's, but 869 seems a little slow for the 7mm Rem. I have used it in a 30/378 Wby and it shot very well, but the sub-zero temps on an elk hunt made me switch to H1000 and Retumbo. Good luck

 

[AZShooter]

I'll bet you want to try it because it is available while the usual powders are not. I found Retumbo one of the best in my 7 rem mags.

A quick search showed that one of our members posted this several years ago:





MT4XFore
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Location: Great Falls, MT
Posts: 705




Re: Hodgdon US869

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Here are some loads for the 7mm Rem listed on Loaddata:
160 Nosler Part Hodgdon US-869 77.0 2,786
Remarks: starting load; COL: 3.290"; 52,300 psi
160 Nosler Part Hodgdon US-869 80.0 2,897
Remarks: maximum load; COL: 3.290"; 58,300 psi
162 Hornady SPBT Hodgdon US-869 77.0 2,820
Remarks: starting load; COL: 3.290"; 49,800 psi
162 Hornady SPBT Hodgdon US-869 80.0 2,921
Remarks: maximum load; COL: 3.290"; 54,400 psi
170 Sierra RN Hodgdon US-869 77.0 2,688
Remarks: starting load; COL: 3.270"; 44,700 psi
170 Sierra RN Hodgdon US-869 79.0 2,826
Remarks: maximum load; COL: 3.270; 51,300 psi
175 Nosler Part Hodgdon US-869 74.0 2,632
Remarks: starting load; COL: 3.290"; 49,300 psi
175 Nosler Part Hodgdon US-869 77.0 2,750
Hope this helps a little. I dont think I can give you the web address since it requires a password.

Thanks MT4XFore

 

[coyotezapper]

how does this work with 168 to180 grain bullets in the 7 mm Remington magnum?
gary b..

Yes it will work and it does very well with 180 vld's. Post your max COAL that your magazine will allow and your barrel length and I will give you some quickload data. Also, unlike others I have found it to be temperature stable. Not as stable as the "H" extreme powders but definitely workable.

 

[MoaFlat]

Yes it will work and it does very well with 180 vld's. Post your max COAL that your magazine will allow and your barrel length and I will give you some quickload data. Also, unlike others I have found it to be temperature stable. Not as stable as the "H" extreme powders but definitely workable.

Hi Coyotezapper looking for a US869 Load for the 7RM with 180 ELDM- can you please help me out?

 

[Lefty7mmstw]

hodgdon shows 77 grains at 2758 fps at 56Kpsi for a 7rem running a heavy (175 in their data)... you are going to have a hard time over-pressuring this powder in this cartridge so run it up till you hit compression and try for around 2800 fps over a chrono...

all the 50 cal ball powders are slow as dirt and in a mid cartridge can be basically loaded up till you run out of room; in a 270win I load a 130 with 69.5 grains of wc872 (sister powder to 869) and she farts out the 130 at 2700 fps... Great for range practice as it's cheap to shoot; I paid less than 10$ a hundred for the bullets and 50$ a keg for the powder...