7mm STW powder

[skhunter]

What are you guys using for powder. I am thinking of using H1000 and 140gr bullets.

 

[johnny boy]

I run 83gr of H1000 with 120gr balistic tip. Hard on coyote's but holds .5 MOA if I do my part.

 

[colt45cz75]

I like H1000 as well.

 

[morleyr]

ive used it for years from 140"s to 175"s,but this year i might try reloader 22...

 

[burnt_servo]

i've burnt a lot of h5010 in my stw , it was really cheap when i first got my rifle , and it worked well , so i bought alot of it .

h870 and imr 7828 also worked well for me .

h50bmg and h5010 have very very similar burn rates , to the point where some people would consider the starting load data to be interchangable between the 2 .

if i had to start from scratch right now , i would seriously look a hodgdons "retumbo" . it seems to be a bit less expensive than other powders .

but pretty much any powder with a very very slow burn rate is going to work well .

if you do alot of shooting , buy your powder in bulk so you get a better price on it , a pound of powder will get you roughly 70 - 80 rounds .

if you don't know this yet , i'll mention it now , any lead core bullet ( except the partition style / a frame style bullets ) will act like a varmint bullet due to the speed they will be driven at .
for hunting , i use barnes x bullet .
hornady now has a guilding metal bullet out now called the " gmx " which should work well .

 

[stubblejumper]

All three of my 7mmstw rifles preferred 7828 behind a 140gr bullet.

 

[marcoman]

H1000 and Retumbo mostly. AA8700 works good too, a little dirty though. Found 7828 to show too much temperature sensitivity.

 

[dan belisle]

H1000, H870, H5010, IMR7829, Retumbo, RL22, RL25. So far, best speed and accuracy came from (with 160 gr bullets) RL25. - dan

 

[chappy]

i like h1000 and retumbo. have used rel 22, 25 and imr 7828 and 4831. all work depending on the rifle and bullet combo.

 

[JJ-65]

IMR 7828 with 140 and 160 gr bullets for me.