41mag
02-26-2010, 06:31 AM
A while back I had gone through most of my inventory of bullets, and found that I had a large number of various brands in 150gr jacketed. This really came as no surprise since they have been around here as long as I can remember my pop shooting them in his '06's. Coupled with myself catching them here and there on close-out's and such.
Since I shoot very informal target practice, and feral hogs quite a bit through the year, I figured to use some of the cheaper powder to load up a bunch of the bullets in some medium velocity loads with some of the older cases I have and just have them on hand specifically for this type of shooting. As such I purchased a jug each of the 7383, and the 4895 that Bartlett had sometime year before last. As things have a way of doing, I have just not had time to get around to messing with anything until now.
I have read about the 7383 being peaky, and that loads should not be compressed but they should fill the case to the bottom of the bullets. This is easily enough done. As for the 4895, I spoke to Jeff about it, and he said to start loading around the same data as 4064. For the most part however all of the post which show promise initially seem to end with," so far looks good, will post back up with more details" after which nothing else is mentioned.
I was wandering if I could get any input on these two powders and loads particularly for the .308 and '06, using a 150gr - 165gr J-bullets?
As mentioned I am not at all concerned with hitting top end velocities with either. I am simply looking for something in the mid ranges that might be adjustable enough to hit somewhere around 2" or less at 100yds as this is more than adequate for hog patrol and keeping the trigger finger tuned up. I also prefer not to blow any primers, if at all possible.
Any little tid bits, like using a drop tube, vibrating the case tray, watch for this or that, would be highly appreciated. I do plan on working the load up for the specific rifles, but the initial load testing will be done in the field, after some initial weighing and dummy round stuff at the house. I generally spend the weekend at our place in the country fiddling with a couple of rifles and once the load is set, I come home and load up how ever many will be for that load. Since it's a 3 hour drive and space is limited to what I carry, I usually only have the basics along for the ride. I do have a chrony and can make room for additional small items if needed.
These are the lot numbers if that helps as I know that this does matter from time to time, especially with the pull down and surplus stuff.
7383 - Lot# 47 ; 4895 - Lot# 1-02
One other thing I have done, I pulled quite a bit of load data into a database of different calibers which might could use these powders according to the recommended canister powder start data. I know that this is somewhat a very vague cross over but any calibers other than these that you might have had good or bad experiences with wold also be appreciated. Of main interest other than the previous mentioned are, .223, 30-30, 270, 280, 7mag. The first 2 are used in AI versions in a Contender and all would be J-bullets.
Thanks, and looking forward to hearing from you folks.
Since I shoot very informal target practice, and feral hogs quite a bit through the year, I figured to use some of the cheaper powder to load up a bunch of the bullets in some medium velocity loads with some of the older cases I have and just have them on hand specifically for this type of shooting. As such I purchased a jug each of the 7383, and the 4895 that Bartlett had sometime year before last. As things have a way of doing, I have just not had time to get around to messing with anything until now.
I have read about the 7383 being peaky, and that loads should not be compressed but they should fill the case to the bottom of the bullets. This is easily enough done. As for the 4895, I spoke to Jeff about it, and he said to start loading around the same data as 4064. For the most part however all of the post which show promise initially seem to end with," so far looks good, will post back up with more details" after which nothing else is mentioned.
I was wandering if I could get any input on these two powders and loads particularly for the .308 and '06, using a 150gr - 165gr J-bullets?
As mentioned I am not at all concerned with hitting top end velocities with either. I am simply looking for something in the mid ranges that might be adjustable enough to hit somewhere around 2" or less at 100yds as this is more than adequate for hog patrol and keeping the trigger finger tuned up. I also prefer not to blow any primers, if at all possible.
Any little tid bits, like using a drop tube, vibrating the case tray, watch for this or that, would be highly appreciated. I do plan on working the load up for the specific rifles, but the initial load testing will be done in the field, after some initial weighing and dummy round stuff at the house. I generally spend the weekend at our place in the country fiddling with a couple of rifles and once the load is set, I come home and load up how ever many will be for that load. Since it's a 3 hour drive and space is limited to what I carry, I usually only have the basics along for the ride. I do have a chrony and can make room for additional small items if needed.
These are the lot numbers if that helps as I know that this does matter from time to time, especially with the pull down and surplus stuff.
7383 - Lot# 47 ; 4895 - Lot# 1-02
One other thing I have done, I pulled quite a bit of load data into a database of different calibers which might could use these powders according to the recommended canister powder start data. I know that this is somewhat a very vague cross over but any calibers other than these that you might have had good or bad experiences with wold also be appreciated. Of main interest other than the previous mentioned are, .223, 30-30, 270, 280, 7mag. The first 2 are used in AI versions in a Contender and all would be J-bullets.
Thanks, and looking forward to hearing from you folks.