Ruger 338 and H4831

06 June 2005, 07:28

chola

Ruger 338 and H4831

I had some 225 gr hornadays kicking around,flipped into my reloading book and figured I would play around with some load testing with H4831.................
My manual data starts at 67gr with a max of 74.5.........
Was just curious if anyone else has tried this combination and what kind of sucess you have had........thanks

I am actually probably gonna stick with 250gr bullets....I just picked up a 338 Ruger tang safety model....it came with some loaded hornaday roundnose 250's with 66.5gr of IMR 4831....now being a rookie reloader,would this powder charge be sufficient, give or take a bit,to use with other brands of 250gr bullets......thanks again

Bob

06 June 2005, 08:46

Jay Gorski

quote:
Originally posted by chola:
I had some 225 gr hornadays kicking around,flipped into my reloading book and figured I would play around with some load testing with H4831.................
My manual data starts at 67gr with a max of 74.5.........
Was just curious if anyone else has tried this combination and what kind of sucess you have had........thanks

I am actually probably gonna stick with 250gr bullets....I just picked up a 338 Ruger tang safety model....it came with some loaded hornaday roundnose 250's with 66.5gr of IMR 4831....now being a rookie reloader,would this powder charge be sufficient, give or take a bit,to use with other brands of 250gr bullets......thanks again

Bob

H4831 may work very well, but I just loaded some 225Interbonds for a buddy with 73grs. RE19, WLR primer, very accurate load. Though I loaded only 2 shots per load, 73 grs. was the most accurate, the group measured about .340".
BTW, Hornady manual has a max of 73.3grs. RE19 for the 225 with WLRM primer, Alliant has 75.3 for a max with the WLR. 73grs. looked like the max for my buddies rifle judging on how the primers looked with 74 and 75 grains. Jay

06 June 2005, 17:33

AnotherAZWriter

I have used this load in Alaska, Africa, and for elk.

I use 74 grains of H4831. Really accurate load.

06 June 2005, 18:43

buckeyeshooter

H4831 is all I use in the 338 for 200 and 250 grain loads. I get good velocity and great accuracy.

06 June 2005, 23:39

chola

thanks very much fellas.......I loaded up some rounds to sight in..started at 67 grains(10)..once I get on the paper and where I want it 25 yards..then I'll play around with 3 shot groups out at 100........I loaded all the way up to 73 grains (ran out of powder)....went up by 1 grain at a time....
At the end,I'll try my 250 gr round nosers,these I know will group about half to 3/4 inch at 100...just to give me an idea anyway...thanks very much

10 June 2005, 02:21

safarihunter

You'll be happy with H4831 in all your 338 loads

10 June 2005, 02:49

chola

I tried the hornaday 225's in it today....from 67 to 73 grains of H4831..best group was 3 inches..,and that was with the starting load

..the worst group for 3 shots was 7 inches,2 were 3 inches apart,then the third just took off

....I'll have to stick with the 250's....the fella I got the rifle from said he tried various brands of 225 gr,ended up with the same results....I figured that maybe my scope was toasted,so I tried the load he gave me..was 66.5gr of IMR 4831 and Hornaday 250gr round nose...3/4 inches @100 meters

.....I'll just stick with that one for now I think...........

10 June 2005, 19:47

snowman

Chola I have an old Ruger 338 as well . They have very long throats and mine would never group well with the lighter bullets yet would put 3 of the old 275 gr speers in a tight little group touching each other. They are no longer availible. The other bullet that shoots OK is the 250 gr Sierra seated out as far as the magazine will allow.

10 June 2005, 20:39

chola

quote:
Originally posted by snowman:
Chola I have an old Ruger 338 as well . They have very long throats and mine would never group well with the lighter bullets yet would put 3 of the old 275 gr speers in a tight little group touching each other. They are no longer availible. The other bullet that shoots OK is the 250 gr Sierra seated out as far as the magazine will allow.

Thats exactly the way my 250's are...seated as far as the mag will allow.....I have some Sierra boat tails I loaded up last night...I used the same powder charge with them as with the Hornaday 250gr round nose....I'll see what that can do........most of my shots will be in the 200 range and well under....I'm not so much looking for speed as I am with just getting the stopping power........I was curious as to what,if any, difference in performance by using LR primers versus using the Magnum primers will be...I have about 400 Large rifle primers left....will this make a signifigant difference or???????????????
Thanks