I've had this powder stored sometime know and am curious now that I have these 225NF's for my .338-06 is it a good combination? I have not loaded up any of these bullets yet until I get my Talley hardware in and mounted on my Winchester.

I've R-15 and would guess and that is only a guess that 54grn. would be a good starting point. I would like to acheive 2700fps with these bullets.

Do any of you .338-06 owners use N560 in your loads?

I think that VV N560 is a little too slow for the 338-06, but it's only a guess.... It's my first choice for the 300 Win. Mag. and 270 WSM.

VihtaVuori has loads with N560 for the 30-06 with heavier bullets. Seems to me that it's worth a try.

I have bought it originally to use in my .30-338 with 200grn on up - just wondering

can't speak to the .338/06 BUT i use it in my 30/06 Ackley and it is the best that i have been able to come up with so far. i am using 180 interbonds and am chronographing 2925. common sense tells me that it will work.

b h

Your RL15/54gr load would be hot in my .338-06. I would start @ 51gr & work up. I think you are going to have to push 225gr hard to get to 2700fps IMO, unless you are shootign a 26"bbl. My go to load is 54gr RL15 under the 210grNP for 2700fps+ from my 23"bbl.
I have been playing recently w/ VV160 under 210gr & 250gr vel. look good but I have yet to test for accuracy (my rifle needs some bedding adjustment). I think VV560 will be a bit too slow but let us know what you come up with.

I haven't tried N-560 in my 338.06,but I have tried N-550 with 210 and 225s.The max is abour 61-62 gr,after that the velocity extreme spread opens up from single digits,as does the group size.I have found N-560 bit slower than RL-22,with a narrow pressure sweet spot and it's fairly high.

figured on throwing some of these NorthForks out and seen posted around some rather extreme numbers. Figured on working up the RL15, am curious about BL-C2 and H414 for this caliber also.

This is a nice round, shot some Kodiak 200's out of this and it is a flat shooter, got some Kodiak 250's for those furry critters with the long rooting claws

thanks,

H-414 didn't work with 225 for me,velocity was low.But my COL is 3.340