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Reloaded my first 338 Win. for a co-worker, 225 Interbond, 73grs. RE19, WLR primer, Win. brass. Actually, loaded 73, 74, and 75grs. 2 shots each, Hornadys method for working up a load. He showed me the targets yesterday, 73grs. was like a 3/8ths group, 74 about 1/2", 75 was an inch maybe slightly less. Noted the primers on the 73grs. looked about as good as you're going to get, when I got home a careful check noted 74 and 75grs. had an ever so slight crater around the firing pin indentation and they were getting sort of flat, so I decided to load up 50 of the 73grs. At any rate, I didn't know or realize that 338s were that accurate, I mean all the shots were in the same area on the 3 different targets he had, needless to say, I'm quite impressed by the 338 Win mag, and the 225 Interbonds, Rifle was a Nikko Golden Eagle. OAL is 3.345" Just thought I'd pass this load data on in case someone might want to try it, I'm sure 73grs. RE19 would work great with the 225 Accubond as well for you Nosler diehards, like Nosler, but they're a bit pricier than Interbonds. Jay | ||
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I've never found anything about a bigger bore that affects accuracy adversely.....except that they are harder for the shooter to shoot because of the heavy recoil. Congratulations to the shooter.....it takes a good shooter to make them sing. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Someone I communicate with (from Canada) has a couple of .338WM's. He gets around 1" at 200 meter with his rifles, but he removes the factory barrels, and replaces them with high quality ones. He is always developing loads with light to heavyweight bullets, since he often hunts different game with two different handloads from the same rifle. He develops loads to attain similar POI's. | |||
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Well, I've tried that same load in 4 different .338's and haven't had the results you have. That's a good gun and a good shooter. My .338's have all been a little quirky.... Congrats!! Sendero300>>>===TerryP | |||
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I own an A Bolt Browning in a 338, and with 225 grain bullets in Remington factory fodder, it shoots as well as a lot of varmint rifles! It has not been real finicky about most of my handloads either. So the 338 does have accuracy potential, at least the cartridge does. I have the same rifle in a 300 Win Mag and that rifle is not really impressive to me for accuracy like the 338 is! Cheers seafire  | |||
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The .338 Win Mag is a very well balanced cartridge. It is basically a scaled up 30-06. I have an easier time shooting my 338's than my 300 Win Mags. I have better luck with H-4350 or H-4381 depending on bullet weight. Not the ultimate precision potential of RL-19, but more consistent. lawndart  | |||
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Now that you mention that, I've got 4 cases left and out of RE19, thinking of finishing with H4350 I've got, Hodgdon has a max of 69.5grs., will this be a good load to finish -up with? Then he can compare with the RE19 loads as well, don't think they'll be as accurate but, you never know. Jay | |||
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RL-19 will produce higher speed with the lighter bullets up to 230 grains. RL-22 works very well with 330-250 grainers, and RL-25 works well with 250-300 grainers. | |||
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69.5grs. H4350 will give me the same velocity as 73grs. RE19 according to Alliant and Hodgdon manuals, since I don't have any RE22 or 19, I'll have to try the H4350. The container says it's an ideal powder for this grain Hornady bullet. Told my buddy to shoot them up to see what kind of accuracy he gets with the different powder, doubt it'll be as good as the 73grs. RE19, but we'll give er bit of a go. And it's only 4 shots. Jay | |||
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