Looking for hornady .308 bthp match Load data
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punkrockboy
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43.9 gr of varget.
Chinbullco
Regular
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- NW Alberta
Why not refer to Hodgdon's website for this data? 38 gr of Varget with 168 gr bullet is below their starting load (42). Was never impressed with Varget until I started using Hodgdon website for data.
rnbra-shooter
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+1 on suggesting to use Hodgdon's website, it's my first place to go for reloading data that I don't already have in a book.
One note/warning on the Hodgdon website, many of their listed MAX loads are really, truly max loads. The "reduce from MAX, then work up" really applies here. Some load data sources are notoriously lawyered up (i.e. the listed max loads are pretty anemic). NOT SO WITH THE HODGDON website, some of their data, especially for their own newer powders, are truly max loads (for example, I shoot a .308 target rifle and often use H4895 or Varget powder with 155 grain bullets; the Hodgdon max loads is nearly a grain more than I use in my full-powered 1000 yards match loads).
paperslayer
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- Chilliwack
what weighs more, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?
168 grains of one bullet is the same as 168 for another. Use the same data as a starting point and all loads need to be fine tuned to your gun anyway. Every batch of powder and evry gun is different, so asking form someone else's recipe is moot.
168 grains of one bullet is the same as 168 for another. Use the same data as a starting point and all loads need to be fine tuned to your gun anyway. Every batch of powder and evry gun is different, so asking form someone else's recipe is moot.
I saw that the 168gn match bullet is longer than the 168gn SMK... so it takes more space in the brass...so less space for powder for the same pressure... I wasn't asking for recipe but for data..... And by data I meant minimum load...maximum load...
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This is exactly why you work up a load. Paperslayer is correct use Hogdon min max data doesn't matter what type of bullet 168 data could be interchanged. Work up to a max for your rifle. If you look at the rifle use to test loads in reloading manuals the rifle will be different than yours. By your logic you have to buy the same rifle in order shoot the same loads. Good luck.
Nope... My logic is... If you have to seat more a bullet into the brass to keep the same AOL... You will have less space for powder.... Less space with the same amount of powder will increase the amount of pressure.... so I tought the min and max should be different ... And I was asking if anyone knew those data...
168gn Barnes and Sierra Matchking don't have the same data load on Hodgdon site....
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From recollection, I believe it's around 47gr. according to my Hornady manual. I could care less about maximum - I load for accuracy. FWIW, most known accurate 165gr.-168gr. bullet loads with Varget are between 44gr.-46gr. depending on chamber dimensions, individual bullet, seating depth, case used, primer selection ad naseum. A good quality match barrel should shoot that combination with acceptable results.
Thanks! My load with 168gr SMK is at 44,9gr. with 2.800AOL.... grouping .231.... So between 44gr and 46gr make sense... I just don't want to be too close to maximum...the SMK maximum data with varget is 46gr compressed depending on Hodgdon website..
When I'm developing a new load, I make bullets (.5gr difference) from minimum to .5gr less then the maximum... That's why I'm looking to know the minimum and maximum for hornady's ...it's only a starting point... At the range.... I look for over pressure signs...
After that, I usually find two sweet spots.... I take the highest on the target as a new starting point and develop new ammo with .1gr difference...
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