Savage 30BR and Benchmark powder

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MissedAgain

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I've got a bunch of 110 gr. SP Sierra's to use up, and thinking of using some of the Benchmark powder to push them. I normally use H4198, but my stock is a bit low on 4198 and I had bought some Benchmark to try in the 223.

Has anyone tried this combination, or am I wasting my time?
 
MissedAgain said:
I've got a bunch of 110 gr. SP Sierra's to use up, and thinking of using some of the Benchmark powder to push them. I normally use H4198, but my stock is a bit low on 4198 and I had bought some Benchmark to try in the 223.

Has anyone tried this combination, or am I wasting my time?
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Worth a try....
I must admit that I have not tried it... It'll probably be a shmidge slow. But If ya can get 2900+, you shouldn't get any nasty vertical in the load. Now if these were the 125gr SP....!

Hard to beat 4198...!

If ya got any 322 or even a ball powder like AA2230 or H335..........

Shoot some BIG Ole small ones...!!!!:D;)

cale
 
Load data

Sierra list 31.1 to 35.6 gr of BenchMark for the 110s. Tried it a little with some 118s. Never went further once I shot H4198.

Luck, tiny
 
When I first got my 30BR, I tried a few different powders and found that anything slower than H4198 reduced velocity by quite a bit, and didnt shoot any better on target either.
I also tried some mass produced bullets in it and the rifle definitely exposed the quality of them on the target. IMO, dont waste the life of your barrel burning powders and pushing bullets down the bore that wont give good, repeatable results.
It is alot more fun to hold for the wind and put another one in the group than it is to try to find out why a substandard bullet went 1/2 inch out of the group.
 
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