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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: wheels1 on August 04, 2022, 04:40:08 PM

Title: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: wheels1 on August 04, 2022, 04:40:08 PM: Im trying to find starting point there is no data I can find anymore suggestions
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on August 04, 2022, 05:49:54 PM: There os no data because retumbo is not an optimal choice for 180's. Hodgdon lists 79gr as min load for a 200gr partition so start at 79 and work up.
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: jrebel on August 04, 2022, 06:08:14 PM: Is Retumbo your only option??
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: wheels1 on August 04, 2022, 06:23:04 PM: Quote from: jrebel on August 04, 2022, 06:08:14 PM
Is Retumbo your only option??

Yes right now
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on August 04, 2022, 06:31:25 PM: What bullet and brass? Retumbo will go boom just fine, you're just gonna burn a lot of it to get the same results as other powders.
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: wheels1 on August 04, 2022, 06:43:33 PM: Interloc peterson and nosler brass
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: Magnum_Willys on August 04, 2022, 07:10:28 PM: Take a fired round ( so bullet can slip thru neck) dump some retumbo in and see how much fits at whatever length you plan to run. Know how much Retumbo is 100% before you start trying to stuff a whole lot more in there.
Title: Re: 300winmag retumbo and 180 load ?
Post by: Mulie87 on August 04, 2022, 09:20:03 PM: Quote from: wheels1 on August 04, 2022, 06:23:04 PM
Quote from: jrebel on August 04, 2022, 06:08:14 PM
Is Retumbo your only option??

Yes right now

I have plenty of Ramshot magnum and H4831 which will work for what you’re trying to do. I have some I can trade you since Retumbo isn’t for the 300wm. PM me if interested.