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I have always shot the 535 grain Woodleighs in my .500 Jeffery. I would like to try some 600 grain Woodleigh bullets. Anyone have a good starting load with RL15 and a 600 grain bullet? I was thinking right around 105 grains. Dave Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | ||
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Good question, I would like to know as well. | |||
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I might would start at 100gr, but that's just my OPINION and shouldn't be taken as reloading data... expecting about 2150 FPS opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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105 grains of RL 15 = 2250 ft/sec with 600 grn Barnes bullet, 108 grains of RL15 = 2303 ft/sec with 600 grain Barnes bullet. right off the rifle loading tables on this forum | |||
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Guys, I found a whole bunch of load data at Real Guns. Here is the link: http://www.realguns.com/archives/157.htm There is load data here for a 600 grain bullet in excess of 2400 fps. Good grief! Dave Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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bigdoggy: After looking at the data on the Real Guns link above, I don't think the 108 grain load of RL15 would be any problem whatsoever. In the article, the author uses 117 grains of RL15 and manages to drive a 600 grain Woodleigh over 2400 fps! Dave Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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