I've just bought some boxes of the 350gr Barnes X-bullets for use in my Remington 700 BDL Safari .416 Rem. Mag. I have previously been loading the 400gr Hornady RN behind 80gr of Vihtavuori N150 with great success. I realise with a 350gr bullet I should probably be using the N140 powder instead. What load would you suggest me for use with the 350gr Barnes X?

Tommy

IMR-4064 From 76.0 grains to 85.5 grains
Remington 9-1/2M Primer

I've never tried Vihtavuori powders....if you can find some Alliant Reloader 15 (RL15), that is what I use, or Hodgdon Varget would work too....also Hodgdon h4895...I've used all these in my 416 rem with 300-400 grain bullets.

todbartell,
The problem for me is I have a very limited selection of powders available here. In fact I can only buy Vihtavuori or Norma powders, and I have the best experience using Vihtavuori. I hope someone have a pet load for this bullet using one of these powders...

Tommy

Starting load for 350 gr X with VV N150 is 82,0 gr and max load is 84,0 gr. Length of the cartritge is 93,0 mm. Brass is from Remington and primer is Remington 9 1/2M. Velocities from 26" barrel are: start 744m/s, max. 773m/s.

That data is from a Finnish reloading manual, but still, BE CAREFUL!