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whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« on: May 25, 2019, 12:52:30 PM »
I'm doing some research and asking questions to get polling statistics for loading.

What is your favorite,works best for you accuracy wise for your 30 caliber rile loads?

If you don't reload please don't answer with others opinions.  :tup:
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2019, 12:55:41 PM »
I used Varget for my 308 LR setup.
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2019, 12:56:08 PM »
standard or magnum 30's
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2019, 01:30:52 PM »
I'm doing some research and asking questions to get polling statistics for loading.

What is your favorite,works best for you accuracy wise for your 30 caliber rile loads?

If you don't reload please don't answer with others opinions.  :tup:

In the 308 I always like IMR 4064 with 168gr bullets; the 30-06 was Reloader 19 with 180s; 300 Win Mag with 180-200gr bullets is anything in the H1000 range; 300 RUM is IMR 7828 with 180-200gr and Retumbo for everything heavier.

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2019, 01:37:51 PM »
7.62x39? Cfe blk
300 savage? H4895 or 4320
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2019, 01:55:21 PM »
standard or magnum 30's
Either one  :tup: or both
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2019, 02:01:19 PM »
Standard like 308 I love me some IMR 4064. In the magnums I have the most love for H4831 seems like anything magnum loves it. I do run H1000 and retumbo  in a few others like my 30-378.
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2019, 03:16:05 PM »
30 cal magnums, H1000 is the only way to go.  It’s to open of a question.  You talking 30BR, 308, or 300 RUM?

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2019, 03:27:37 PM »
Doesn't matter for what i'm doing.  :tup: New and last poll on this is about to go up. THANKS ALL WHO ARE REPLYING.
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2019, 05:52:02 PM »
Temp stability is nonnegotiable

300WSM = H4831SC
300RUM = H1000
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2019, 05:56:23 PM »
30.06 with 150 gameking and IMR4831

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2019, 06:32:35 PM »
I run N133 for both .308 & 30-06
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2019, 07:53:22 PM »
Temp stability is nonnegotiable

300WSM = H4831SC
300RUM = H1000
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2019, 08:07:42 PM »
300 win mag.......H1000
308 win.........Varget

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2019, 01:49:02 AM »
The only 30 cal I currently reload for is my 300AX (Kirby Allen's version of 30-338 Lapua Improved) and with the 230 Bergers I'm using US869.

Jeff "Broz" Brozovich has probably spent as much time with the 300 Win mag and 30 Nosler as anyone and Jeff's "go to" powders for those are H1000 and Viht N570.

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2019, 05:04:14 PM »
H1000 for my 300 win mag.

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2019, 06:35:22 PM »
RL 26 in a 300 WM with heavy bullets 200+
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2019, 09:10:28 PM »
My 300 really likes h1000. My dads 300 likes 7828 ssc we are both shooting 180 grain ballistic tips.

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2019, 09:15:27 PM »
308 in an ar platform eats varget and accubonds.  7mm rem mag gets rl26 and 180 gr bergers

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2019, 11:06:15 PM »
.308-varget
.300win-IMR4831
.300RUM-Retumbo

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2019, 03:32:19 PM »
Reloading 30-06.  I did try IMR4350 with 165 & 180 g bullets, but couldn't get anything to group - especially the 180s, and those da*n accubonds.

I bedded the action and put the action in a manners, and now shoot 165s & 180s with H4350 and I am seeing good groups.  Could be the stock sway, and potentially the bullets because I changed bullets.

Always shot 150s with IMR4064 and see good results.

And seeing respectable velocities across the board.

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2019, 10:46:08 AM »
hogdens or IMR 4350

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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2019, 11:42:51 AM »
30-06 with IMR 4350 150gr bullet
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #23 on: June 25, 2019, 08:30:05 PM »
imr 7828 for 180 and 200 grn in a 300 win
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Re: whats your favorite powder for your 30 caliber rifle?
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2019, 09:32:31 PM »
300 WM, IMR 4831

 


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