If anyone out there has a recent Nosler reloading manual I need the sarting and maximum load for IMR 4064 and a Nosler Partition 210 gr bullet for a .338-06. I am planning on using this rifle and bullet combo on an elk hunt this Novemeber. The only data I have for this rifle is for 225 and 200 grain bullets and I'm too lazy and cheap to buy the Nosler Manual for one load. Any assistance in this department would be greatly appreciated.

Migra

No IMR-4064 listed ! 56 to 60 grs of IMR-4350 and 48 to 52 of IMR-4320 is!

Try H-414 or H-4350 both have been very accurate for me with the 210 gr Partition. While a little harder to find, my best load (accuracy and velocity) and the load I have successfully used on elk, nilgai and hogs uses a compressed load of VV-N550 which very safely drives the bullet to 2820 fps in my 22" barrel. You can also start with the loads shown for 4320 below and work up with 4064 in my experience.

Varget also get a vote here. I get 2726 fps with 57 gr and the Nosler 210.Start at 10% below as this is a max load.

I was shooting between 52 and 55 grains of 4064 behind 200 grain Hornadys last week, with no pressure signs, and better accuracy as the load went up. Start on the low end of the above loads with the 210 Partitions, and work up.

I'm planning on loading the same thing (210 Partitions) in mine, so let me know how it works.

H4350 and the 210 Partition for 2,780 fps from my 22" bbl.

From my post in Medium Bores....

This thing seems to be one of those rifles that like to shoot better the faster you push it. I had a few different loads with me the other day. Different powders & different charge weights. The first group from a mid-range load of IMR 4320 pushing Hornady 200 grainers was a bit disappointing. A little stiffer charge & it tightened up, some. Then I tried IMR 4064. Again, a mid-range load of 53 grains showed promise, but not great. By the time I moved up to 55 grains of 4064, I was on to something. The first three shots touched, the fourth left about a 1/8" strip of paper between itself & the first three, then the fifth shot landed about another 1/4" further out than that. By then, I was fighting the flinches, so I considered it to be pretty good. (The recoil isn't excessive, but after a while, it adds up...).

Everything was shot over a chronograph, and you could watch the groups tighten up as the velocity increased. Loads weren't max, but the trend was clearly visible.

Now, it's just a matter of changing bullets to the Partition, fine tuning the load & seating depth, and seeing what it will do. It definitely looks promising so far!

Not from Nosler...but...

IMR-4064 From 47.0 grains to 51.0 grains
Winchester WLR Primer

better choice would be...

H-4350 From 58.0 grains to 62.0 grains
Winchester WLR Primer

Don;t see much of it listed, but for me a sleeper powder for a 338/06 has been H 380.
Samne thing in a 223.

I do 66 grains with a 200 grain bullet in a 24 inch barrel and break 3,000 fps.

While not knocking the partition as I shoot them in other calibers, a 338 bore is so deadly on anything smaller than Elk, I don't see the need for the premium bullets in them.

One thing I like about 4064 tho, is that with 50 grains of it, you get about 2500 fps, regardless if the bullet is 200 grains or 250 grains. That way you can use a lot of different types of bullets and weights and not have to do a lot of scope re zeroing. I find that useful.

It is my second powder of choice in my 338/06 Winchester Model 70.

Cold Bore,

Your observations on this caliber liking the hotter loads matches mine. So far I have only played with 200 and 225 gr bullets but the closer to max you get, the better it shoots. My rifle has Shilens lightest contour bbl and is 24 inches. With something it likes it's a MOA shooter, with loads it doesn't like this can easily go to 2 or 2 1/2 inch range. H-414 is another powder I like a lot and use in other rifles therefore I have some on hand what's the scoop on this stuff?

Used the 338-06 for years in Alaska and lower 48 for Elk, my load was:

IMR 4320 @ 54.0
Nosler Part 210
Fed GM210M primers
Fed Brass