I have a "bunch" of 200gr Cast bullets that are molded off of the 30-40 Cragig mold they are boar riders with the main part being .300 and the sized part .310 they are Gas Checked and wanted to use some other powder other than Trail Boss... i would like to keep them around 1600-1800FPS I have a 20" barle...

Dose any one have any data that might help ???

Any cast bullet load for .308 will give very similar results in 7.62x54R.

The Lyman Handbook lists with an 200grs lead bullet (#314299) and OAL 2,915":
IMR-4227 20grs min. 30grs max.
IMR-4198 20grs min. 32,5grs max.
Vith. N133 24,5grs min. 34grs max.
Velocity is between 1500fps and 2100fps.

Martin

KEEPING YOUR LOAD JUST UNDER 1800 FPS.

31gr H-380

29gr.H-414

25gr. Varget

27gr.H-335

29gr.BL-C(2)

24gr.IMR4895

20gr IMR4198

Exercise a little care with these loads as double loads are possible with many. roger

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thaks guys I did try theas same bullets in my .300 Weatherby with 23GRs of Trail boss and was not bad kept them all in a 3" at 100 Yards

I have 8lbs of H-380 so I will play around with that and see what happens
the H-414,BL-c2 and Varget I have too but not as much so will do some plaing around

I bet the Idaho Sharpshooter could help you with all your cast bullet questions! He be the man on cast bullet stuff, little stuff to really big stuff.