Approximating Federal Gold Medal Match .308

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My .308 shoots the Federal Gold Medal Match 175gr SMK loads very well.

One friend told me that in a Match load it is likely a canister powder, so do I look through loading manuals and find a powder that gives a speed similar to advertised speed on the box, or is there a way to look the info up?
 
Run it through a Chrony and see what the velocity is. Pick a load out of the book that is close and work up to it. Your friend is correct, it is likely cannister powder.
 
I can run out of my Nemesis 20 inch tube 1 in 10 208 Amax @ 2600+, those GM are loaded about the same speed, those 175 SMK could be push easy at 2750 with great groups... JP.
 
Here is a quote from a February 2012 article written by Frederick Salberta in The Rifleman's Journal, an online journal run by Arizona Palma shooter German Salazar:

The result, when it was standardized as the MK316 Mod 0 cartridge, was a Federal modified case (Drawing number 8347636), Federal match primer, Sierra 175 grain Matchking and 41.75 grains of IMR 4064 powder. According to the published sources this load will produce a muzzle velocity of 2640 fps out of a 24 inch barrel. The load as produced by Federal is claimed to produce under 1 MOA out to 1000 yards from an appropriate rifle. With the IMR powder the shift in velocity is only 20 fps from 0 to 100 Deg C, with the Standard deviation in velocity over 40 rounds being 15 fps or less. In contrast the M118LR loaded with RE-15 powder will see a 50 fps rise in velocity for a 50 deg rise in temperature.
 
p-17 said:
Here is a quote from a February 2012 article written by Frederick Salberta in The Rifleman's Journal, an online journal run by Arizona Palma shooter German Salazar:

The result, when it was standardized as the MK316 Mod 0 cartridge, was a Federal modified case (Drawing number 8347636), Federal match primer, Sierra 175 grain Matchking and 41.75 grains of IMR 4064 powder. According to the published sources this load will produce a muzzle velocity of 2640 fps out of a 24 inch barrel. The load as produced by Federal is claimed to produce under 1 MOA out to 1000 yards from an appropriate rifle. With the IMR powder the shift in velocity is only 20 fps from 0 to 100 Deg C, with the Standard deviation in velocity over 40 rounds being 15 fps or less. In contrast the M118LR loaded with RE-15 powder will see a 50 fps rise in velocity for a 50 deg rise in temperature.
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Thanks for this post. I was unfamiliar with The Riflesman's Journal, and have shot with both German Salazar and Frederick Salberta.
 
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