Thread: 284 Powder and Bullet advice

Originally Posted by skirk

I played around with a quite a few different powders a couple of years ago when RL17 was impossible to find...Tikka with a 17"

H100v, 2209, H414, N550 with 162s and 150 projectiles. Winner for combo of accuracy/speed was N550.

However as soon as RL17 was available I switched to this with 162ELDx.

If you're not entertaining anything over 300 odd yards 2209 pushing 150 sierra gamekings is an awesome combo.

Good luck

I did 2209 and 150 gamekings and shot deer out to 460. Good to well over 500 even with a shorter barrel