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I've never tried cast bullets with 308 Win. Can you guys give me a load to get started?

Ruger Hawkeye Laminated Compact 16" barrel.

Plinking. 100 yards.
 
Posts: 69 | Location: The Monadnocks | Registered: 25 December 2002Reply With Quote
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In very limited testing using a Lyman cast flat nose gas check using 60% linotype bullets, 13.0 grains of Green Dot at about 1575 fps shows promise as does 21.0 or 22.0 of 5744 at about 1800 fps.
 
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I use Red Dot in mine depending how quite you want them any where from a few grains to the max. load listed
 
Posts: 19750 | Location: wis | Registered: 21 April 2001Reply With Quote
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I've had good results with 5744 and RX7.
 
Posts: 8169 | Location: humboldt | Registered: 10 April 2002Reply With Quote
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I don't see anything about bullet weight. I would think that it would be some what important.
 
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Originally posted by MickinColo:
I don't see anything about bullet weight. I would think that it would be some what important.


That's why I wasn't more specific in my reply.
 
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I have fun shooting 14 gr. of trailboss and 150 gr. berry plated bullets.
 
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Originally posted by MickinColo:
I don't see anything about bullet weight. I would think that it would be some what important.


With cast bullets and red not really I used red dot with cast bullets from 88grs to 220grs
 
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