Hang Fire
02-08-2009, 08:54 PM
As I peruse the web looking at cast bullet loads, I am rather surprised to find so called experts putting down Ed Harris for his "The Load" of 13 grains of Red Dot in strong bolt action .30 caliber military rifles. Dangerous, useless, not recommended, etc, etc, ad nauseam.
But yet, in my Lyman Third Edition Cast Bullet Handbook, (which I purchased in 1980) I find almost the same identical (some even a bit stiffer) loads of Red Dot for cast bullets recommended for the .308. 30-06, 7.65 Argentine & .303.
In the 300 H&H, the powder charge goes up, but especially more so for the 300 Win Mag, as in 19.5 grains of Red Dot for Lyman 311466 150 grain at 39,000 C.U.P and 1910 fps.
So, IMHO, Ed Harris's "The Load," is not only a very appropriate load for strong bolt action .30's, but almost identical to ones recommended by Lyman for about 30 years.
I want to thank Ed for publicizing "The Load," for even with the info right under my nose, (dog eared LCBHB) he sure opened me up to utilizing some of that bulk Red Dot of mine which has been sitting unused for years
But yet, in my Lyman Third Edition Cast Bullet Handbook, (which I purchased in 1980) I find almost the same identical (some even a bit stiffer) loads of Red Dot for cast bullets recommended for the .308. 30-06, 7.65 Argentine & .303.
In the 300 H&H, the powder charge goes up, but especially more so for the 300 Win Mag, as in 19.5 grains of Red Dot for Lyman 311466 150 grain at 39,000 C.U.P and 1910 fps.
So, IMHO, Ed Harris's "The Load," is not only a very appropriate load for strong bolt action .30's, but almost identical to ones recommended by Lyman for about 30 years.
I want to thank Ed for publicizing "The Load," for even with the info right under my nose, (dog eared LCBHB) he sure opened me up to utilizing some of that bulk Red Dot of mine which has been sitting unused for years