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I just picked up some 130 gr TTSXs to try in an 18" barreled 308 Win. With this barrel I want to minimize muzzle blast so I assume I'll need to lean toward the faster range of powders(?) Any powder recommendations? Use enough gun... Shoot 'till it's dead, especially if it bites. | ||
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My first picks would be IMR 8208 XBR or IMR 4064. For a fast powder, 11 grains of Blue Dot would get you started. | |||
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 You might try IMR 3031 or acc 2015.  rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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We shot loads of 308s and 7/08s loaded with WW748 powder for metallic silhouettes. Very consistant velocities. The trick is to use magnum primers. | |||
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Benchmark has worked great for me.....almost exact burn rate as 3031 | |||
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Thanks all. I have a lot of 4064, Varget, and Benchmark on hand. Anyone got any loads for those? Not a lot of data out there for any but the Varget. Use enough gun... Shoot 'till it's dead, especially if it bites. | |||
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Barnesbullet.com has load data for those bullets. -------------------- THANOS WAS RIGHT! | |||
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I have an old hogdon magazine that has some loads listed for the tsx using 36 grains of imr4198, 38 grains of h4198, 44 grains of h4895 or 45 grains of imr 4895. | |||
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Its been rumored for years that fast burning powders get more velocity in short barrels..Guess they didn't have a chronograps, my Chrograph shows that to be wrong in every case.. Shoot whatever gives you the best accuracy and highest velocity.. WW-748, IMR-4064, and Varget have traditionally been the best powders in the .308 Win. in any barrel length..My all time favorite is a max load of WW-748 with most bullet weights, gives me great accuracy and high velocity. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I like Norma 203B/ RL-15 and a 150 grain Accubond. It's been my hunting load for years! Very accurate out of my M 03 Mauser and Savage. My load is 44 grains, Federal 210 match primer. Moderate pressure. It fills the case and give around 2700 FPS. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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I used that bullet from reduced to full power loads over H-4895 for my oldest grandson. My little Ruger only has 16.5" to work with but we got excellent accuracy through the whole spectrum of loads and 200yd one shot drop results from it. Mike / Tx | |||
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