2019 Hunting Load Recipes

[mvrk28]

Just curious what everybody is choosing for the upcoming season.

I've been working on a lead free load for my 6.5 CM because I live in the worst state in the country.

My load is as follows:

Bullet : Hammer Hunter 124 (Closer to 126 grains) at .020" off the lands.
Case : Alpha Munitions Small Primer
Primer : CCI BR-4, may give the CCI 450 a try.
Powder: I've been toying with both RL-26 and H4350. Out of my Hells Canyon Speed I'm getting mid 2900 MVs with RL-26, grouping right around .5 MOA.

Let's hear what everybody else is shooting this year.

 

[Hiwayman92]

300 Norma Improved:
215 Berger Hybrid with VV N570 at 3150-3200

7 WSM:
175 ELD-X and RL-26 at 2950

6.5 PRC:
147 ELD-M with RL-26 or H1000 at 2950

6.5 CM 26”
147 ELD-M with RL-26 at 2870


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[Jwknutson17]

300 PRC with 215gr Bergers. 79.26 gr of H1k at 2975fps in a 26 inch tube. 5 round groups in the .4s. SD of 2.6 and ES of 6.

 

[wind gypsy]

Might only have one rifle hunt this year but let’s suppose the bow hunts don’t go well..

300 NM - 230 Berger hybrid over h1000 @ 2940
300 WM - 215 Berger over h1000 @ 2900
300 WSM- 200 eldx over h4831sc @ 2820
7 SAUM - TBD, probably a 180 or 175 eld over h1000 or rl26
6.5 SAUM - 135 Berger over h1000 @ 3150
223 - 77 TMK over Varget @ 2800

I’d use the 223 if I don’t fill elk tag with a bow, not sure about deer yet.

 

[bhylton]

Wifes Rifle - Tikka T3 Hunter 270 Win

Bullet: 133gr Hammer Sledgehammer - dont know what of OAL is or how far off the lands. just loaded them short enough that they would chamber. (loaded well below mag length)
powder: H4350
Primer: CCI LR Mag (250?)
Case: Winchester
Vel: 3130fps

 

[prm]

Will be a mix of:

338 Fed
200 North Fork, LVR, 215M, ~2700fps (Tikka T3X)
180 AB, Benchmark, BR2, 2800fps (Kimber 84M)

6.5 Creedmoor
140 Berger VLD, RL16, BR2, 2775fps (Barrett Fieldcraft)

 

[N2TRKYS]

7 SAUM(Remington Model Seven SS with 22" barrel)
160 grain Accubonds with RL26 @2950

7-08(Remington Model Seven SS with 20" barrel)
120 grain NBTs with Varget @3000
140 grain Partitions with Big Game @2860

 

[CApighunter]

280AI
Non-CA load is a 175 eldx over IMR7828ssc and a BR2 in Nosler brass. Shoots in the .4-.5 range at 2880. 145 LRX is still in the load development phase.
300 win gets factory Barnes 180tsx cause it shoots better than any handload I could work up.
If I get my 264 win mag back from LRI quick enough I’ll work up some 127 LRX for CA and 140 Bergers if I get lucky and pull an Idaho speedgoat tag.
If I have time the 35 whelen will get a 225 Barnes load worked up, but that’s lower on the priority list. Got screwed with the lead ban this year, now to rework copper loads for everything...

 

[sram9102]

Still working on finalizing everything but its looking like this:
270 WSM
130 Gr TTSX
64.5ish gr of RL-19

Haven't gotten around to running it through the chrono.

 

[MThuntr]

280AI: 143 grain Hammer Hunter, Federal primer, powder TBD, Hornady brass...thinking RL26, RL16, or 7828 for powder

300wsm: 182 grain Nosler E-tip (factory second error), 62.8grains H4350, Winchester brass, Federal Mag Primer. 2920fps

 

[bitbckt]

If I have time the 35 whelen will get a 225 Barnes load worked up, but that’s lower on the priority list. Got screwed with the lead ban this year, now to rework copper loads for everything...

Same. Working on a 200 TSX/RL15 load for the .35 Whelen right now.

 

[AKDoc]

May or may not do sheep in August as I have done the past half dozen years, but if I do it will be...
7mm-08
120grn TTSX
RL-15
pushing close to 3000fps out of a 23" Lilja barrel
(still haven't found a legal ram yet, but soooo close...I have taken a mountain goat with this load and quite a few blacktail)

This fall I'm taking the same load that I've been using for quite a few years up here, and it has done the job real well for many moose and several grizzlies....
375H&H
270grn TSX
RL-15
right at 2800fps out of a 24" Lilja barrel

Every spring for spot and stalk black bear on the snow slides and mountain sides it's been the same load...
257WBY
100grn TSX
RL-22
right at 3600fps out of a 26" Lilja barrel
(that load combination is like a laser beam, and it just zaps them DRT)

 

[CApighunter]

Same. Working on a 200 TSX/RL15 load for the .35 Whelen right now.

225 Game King’s and RL15 shot really well for me. Probably gonna go with the 225 TSX.

 

[bitbckt]

225 Game King’s and RL15 shot really well for me. Probably gonna go with the 225 TSX.

I was shooting 225 Partitions. I've got a box of 225 TSX too - and frankly went a bit nuts buying other options to explore - but figured I'd start with lower weight after the switch to all-copper and see what the velocities look like.

 

[Sammckeeth]

My first two I’ll use for sheep, antelope and deer. Toss up between the other two for elk.

Cooper 92 6.5-300 wby 130 tsx 75.5 gr RL 26 around 3400fps.

Tikka 270 win 130 Ballistic tip IMR 4831 3100 FPS

Remington 700 xcr 375 h and h 270 tsx 78 grains Viht n540 2890 FPS.

And possibly if I feel the others aren’t loud enough. Wby 338-378 210tsx 119 grains of retumbo at 3470.


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[270quest]

Sons rifle - 6.5 cm, 125 partition, Norma Brass, CCI BR2 primer, 44.0 H4350. 2950 FPS

My rifle - 270 win, 150 LRAB, Norma Brass, Fed 215, 60.0 R26, 3025 FPS

Both rifles will be used for Deer, Elk, Antelope.

 

[ChrisA]

17 Remington: 25 gr Berger Match, Varget, Rem 7.5, in Remington brass.

204 Ruger: 39 gr Blitzking, Benchmark, CCI450, Winchester brass

223: 55 NBT, H4985, CCI450, Lake City brass

6.5x47: 140 Hybrid, Varget, CCI450, Lapua brass

6.5 SAUM: 140 Elite Hunting, H1000, Fed 215M, Remington 300 SAUM brass

300WSM: 215 Hybrid, IMR 7828SSC, Fed 215M, Norma brass

300WM: 190 LRAB, H1000, Fed 215M, Norma brass. Still working on this and want to run 215 Hybrids but have 11 twist.

 

[codym]

All bow hunts this year but should have my SR3 switch barrel hunting rifle together so I will be working on a 175 Berger load with RL23 in 280 AI and of course a Berger 215 hybrid load in the 30 nos barrel.

 

[Idaho_Potato]

Sons rifle - 6.5 cm, 125 partition, Norma Brass, CCI BR2 primer, 44.0 H4350. 2950 FPS

My rifle - 270 win, 150 LRAB, Norma Brass, Fed 215, 60.0 R26, 3025 FPS

Both rifles will be used for Deer, Elk, Antelope.

Wait wait wait......I can push a 150 out of a 270 > 3000????

I have a 270 Remington 700 CDL. Right now it likes 54.0 of H4831 with the 150 gr LRAB. I don't have a chrono but the drops on this load suggest it's not trucking that fast. The fastest load on the Nosler page for the 150 gr is just north of 2900. 60.0 of RL-26 is a safe round?

Edit: Wow, I need to get some RL-26



What is the group size?

 

[Evergreen]

6.5 CM - 142 ABLR - RL16 - hornady brass - cci 200 2788 fps