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Which powder would you use in the 358 winchester and 225gr bullets. I have the following powders:
BLC-2
RL-15
AA-2230
IMR-4320
RL-19
H-4350
H-4831
RL-22

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BLC-2
RL-15
AA-2230
IMR-4320 should all be workable


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John,

I would start at about 49 grns of BLC-2 and work up to 51 grns max with a Nosler partition.

It's a great round. I have taken kudu, waterbuck, and zebra with the 358 BLR I had.


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Mike,

Thanks will give it a try.

John


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4895 is a good powder too and works for a wide range of other rounds.
 
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I tried 4320, 3031 and Winchester 748 in my 358 getting best results with 3031. The others in my Browning BLR needed wayyy too much compression, especially 748 to get good velocities. 4320 was more than just acceptable though.


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I loaded some up with BLC-2 and IMR 4320..
Well see how they shoot in the next couple of days. I went ahead and use cci 250 since they were all compressed loads as well. I used 225 Part. 225 ballistic tips and 225 sierra boat tails. BLC-2 I used 49.0gr and the IMR-4320 I used 48.5grs. Trying to get a good moose load... Don't know about using the nosler ballistic tip though??? So I hope the Part. shoots good with one of those loads.


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