G'day all, I have just bought some Barnes Varmint grenades for my 223 and I am after some starting loads as my reloading manuals only list down to 40 grns, not for 36grns. And what powders would be suitable aswell.

Cheers

Do a search. There's a couple of threads on this already.

LWD

Cattledog , I have just completed developing a load for the 36 gr. grenade ,in my new Savage Preditor Hunter , in .223 . Turns out , it shot exceptionally well with 24.5 gr. RL-7 . This rifle has a 1 in 7 " twist rate , so I'm not sure why it shoots so well . The secret for me was to seat the bullet .035 off the lands . It chronographed 3720 FPS. and the groups ranged from 3/8" to 3/16 " at 100 yds. I have not yet tried it on fur . Hope to soon .
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