45-70 - deer and up 300 Wby - deer and up 270 Win - deer 25-06 Rem - deer & varmints 22-250 Rem - varmints 223 Rem - varmints 40 S&W - I won't be competing in any games. This one is strictly for bad people and practicing for those bad people. Therefore, I want to practice with full power loads.
If you could recommend any especially good powders, primers, and bullets for those rounds I would appreciate it.
Posts: 1346 | Location: NE | Registered: 03 March 2002
Alliant Blue Dot, for practice/plinking, Alliant Power Pistol, same as above, plus high performance loads.
Be careful with the .40. You might find that the best accuracy is found using medium to heavy bullets, loaded to about 950 fps. Be especially careful with Power Pistol--the max loadings with this powder will really strain your pistol to the utmost. As an example, I loaded some for my Glock 22, 155 grain bullets, and loaded .5 grain below max. I fired 5 of them, and pulled the rest--the muzzle blast, flash, and recoil were tremendous! I usually start my loads AT LEAST 15% below the published maximum with Power Pistol.
beeman got me thinking in terms of practicality. I just favor IMR.
IMR 4831 for the 300 wby, 270, 25 06 IMR 4064 for the 223, 22 250, and 45 70 Unique for the 40 SW
Whatever primer
Experiment with bullets and you'd find an accurate load with each, and performance ideal for the application. These are also very versatile powders if you decide you need more toys.
Posts: 6545 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: 28 August 2001