300WM with Varget

For many years, I used a light load in my 308 Norma Magnum for "plinking" and it was a pleasure to shoot, plus it helped me familiarize myself with the rifles used.

The load was with the 180 Sierra Flatbased softpoint. [Pro-Hunter now] using 50 grains of IMR 3031, which is a bit faster than Varget.

This load shot exactly 2" below my full-house hunting load at 100 yards, and made beautiful groups consistently.

I eventually got to chrony it, and it was around 2625 fps.. I also shot a number of deer with this load, and they never seemed to notice that it was a reduced load. LOL.

Regards, Dave.
 
205 gr bullets, R-17, F215M primers, great accuracy. 2975 fps. Varget worked great in the same rifle with 155 gr bullets. Best accuracy was @ 3210 fps.

These loads were fired in a 300 WSM.

Oops, OP is about 300 Win Mag not WSM.
 
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Tried Varget in .300 WM once................not again. Tried with 165 grain Sierra bullets
Loads were 2.5 grains under max, case separations on 3 of 4 rounds. Brass was once-fired Remington
Went home, pulled the bullets from the rest of the loads and haven't tried Varget in .300 WM again.
 
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