870/872

[wgr]

any one load this in the 7mm, mag . with heavy boolits.

[wmitty]

wgr

I haven't used 870/872, but I have used Accurate 8700 which I believe is in the same ballpark, burning rate wise. I bought 500 Remington PSPCL 175 gr bullets about 20 years back and used them with this powder in a 700 Classic 7mm mag. I never was pleased with the accuracy of the loading, however. The rifle shot very well indeed with lighter bullets.

[Lloyd Smale]

im going to play with it this summer in the 264,7mag, and 257wby. Ive inherited an 8lb keg of 870 and two kegs of wc860 so id like to find a use for it. Im sure though its probably not going to give top velocitys in the 7mag. Might do better in the 257 and 264 though. But honestly its a bit to slow for them and id never go out and buy it for them. Ive got a 300 ultramag and a 7stw so Im sure it wont go to waste as it would work well in those big cases.

[bosterr]

I used H870 in a 7mm Rem mag a few years ago with Hornady 154 gr. Velocity was a bit slow but accuracy was good. I switched to IMR 4831 with much better results. I never tried it with 175's.

[wgr]

i can take the trade off on velocity for accuracy. you know somwtime top speedis over rated anyway

[ballistim]

I've wanted to try it since I have about 24lbs. of WC872 & 16 lbs. of WC 860 on hand, works great in a duplex load for my 45-70 but I have been meaning to try it in my 7mm mag but have only been shooting cast lately & 7mm is the only size I don't have a mold for yet but it's on my to do list. I'm hoping it will work out as long as I can get decent accuracy & hopefully no unburnt powder I'd be pleased with it. I miss shooting that rifle & would like to give it a work out with cast projectiles.

[Loudenboomer]

We've loaded quite a bit of 860 (Only slightly faster than 870 depending on lot) in the 7 Rem Mag. Both of my sons shot nice bucks this year with the 7 mag. 162 gr. Hornady BTSP over 860.