338 Lapua loads
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Friend of mine has the same rifle said he started with the Sierra accuracy load and it was good right from the start.
I have one and haven't started with it. Retumbo and H1000 were powders I was told to start with.
Vihtavouri N165 is the Sierra accuracy powder load.
I have one and haven't started with it. Retumbo and H1000 were powders I was told to start with.
Vihtavouri N165 is the Sierra accuracy powder load.
H-1000 is ideal in my Edge (with near single digit velocity variation), but as Toomany said there is a significant cost in velocity you will have to live with.
I don't really think whether a 300 smk is going 2700 or 2850fps is all that important, but each to his own.
I don't really think whether a 300 smk is going 2700 or 2850fps is all that important, but each to his own.
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I loaded up 225's with H1000. Backed down to 96gr to keep it easier on the brass and it shoots very well. Luckily this barrel is a fast barrel so the velocity is high for the charge weight. Velocity increased incrementally just as charge increased so this powder is burning well for the 225's.
The guy wants to be able to hunt with it sometimes, the Accubond should work just fine out to about 700 yards. Usually quite accurate too and $1 each not bad for price
Sorry TB I missed the 250 Accubond thing.
You might consider the 225AB.
The 225 offers significantly higher velocity than the 250 yet the BCs are fairly close. What that means is the 250 doesn't make sense until well beyond normal long range hunting distances.
Run the numbers and you will see what I'm getting at.
Given the hunting bullets currently on the market I don't believe the 225AB can be bettered.
Even considering the 265TTSX (BC .575)the 225 will still outperform it ballisticly.
I can't imagine anything better than RL-25 for that light bullet application.
You might consider the 225AB.
The 225 offers significantly higher velocity than the 250 yet the BCs are fairly close. What that means is the 250 doesn't make sense until well beyond normal long range hunting distances.
Run the numbers and you will see what I'm getting at.
Given the hunting bullets currently on the market I don't believe the 225AB can be bettered.
Even considering the 265TTSX (BC .575)the 225 will still outperform it ballisticly.
I can't imagine anything better than RL-25 for that light bullet application.
Accubond Issue
When I was running a 338 Lapua I used 96grs of Retumbo. This moved a 225 gr accubond out @ 3100 fps out of a 26" barrel. I used this as a hunting rifle one year. I shot an elk @ 450 yds and a moose @ 70 yds. Both animals were hit in the chest cavity, elk broadside and the moose straight on. Niether bullet exited the chest. Killed them dead right there but didn't exit the chest. My theory is that the 338 accubonds were built for the 338 win mag at a slower speed and are acting like a ballistic tip from the lapua. So I quit using accubonds and am running Barnes as my only hunting bullet now. This is just my experience, and maybe the accubonds have improved but I won't use them again. Don.
When I was running a 338 Lapua I used 96grs of Retumbo. This moved a 225 gr accubond out @ 3100 fps out of a 26" barrel. I used this as a hunting rifle one year. I shot an elk @ 450 yds and a moose @ 70 yds. Both animals were hit in the chest cavity, elk broadside and the moose straight on. Niether bullet exited the chest. Killed them dead right there but didn't exit the chest. My theory is that the 338 accubonds were built for the 338 win mag at a slower speed and are acting like a ballistic tip from the lapua. So I quit using accubonds and am running Barnes as my only hunting bullet now. This is just my experience, and maybe the accubonds have improved but I won't use them again. Don.
The rifle in question is a 338 Win Mag. The 225 TSX showed better accuracy than the 225 Accubond in this particular rifle.
I will try the 265 TTSX in the Lapua one day. (and in a 338Win Mag)
