About to start loading for my ruger no1 500ne. I'm wanting to start at 96gr of RL15 with a 570gr woodleigh soft. My question is, do i need to use filler?

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Originally posted by Hyak55171:
About to start loading for my ruger no1 500ne. I'm wanting to start at 96gr of RL15 with a 570gr woodleigh soft. My question is, do i need to use filler?

According to Graeme Wright and his “Shooting the British Double Rifle” Volume 3, you do not need filler for RL 15 with that load in the .500 3” NE.
Be sure to use a Magnum primer.

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Originally posted by Hyak55171:
About to start loading for my ruger no1 500ne. I'm wanting to start at 96gr of RL15 with a 570gr woodleigh soft. My question is, do i need to use filler?

Hello, Hyak55171. Please refer to the Woodleigh loading manual, (if you have a copy), page 335. Suggested loads for the .500 NE 3" with the 570 grain RN SN bullets calls for either 94 or 95 grains of R15 for 2,070 fps or 2,085 fps. No mention is made of any sort of filler. No reason to believe that your proposed load of 96 grains of RL 15, (which, by the way, is listed as the maximum load in the Barnes Manual), would require filler either. Cheers. Chip.

Using cci magnum primers (cant find any federal), my woodleigh manual is in the mail currently but i did get a picture sent to me of it. I also emailed woodleigh about loads and the response i got was they use 98 to 100gr in their double to get 2200fps. So I'm assuming 96gr should be safe in a no1 action

Its optional, I used them only when I was using a powder that left an air space between the base fo the bullet and a level powder charge, it never hurts to use a filler if you have room however, it can run pressure up 2000 PSI. usually not a problem and you can load accordingly...Common since is the denominator..

A filler holds powder in place and is condusive to accuracy and I have found that to be true in double rifles and bolt guns, particularly big bores, not so much on med. and small bore rifles.