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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
30-06? Hunter
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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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