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So nephew has a 30-06 new Sabatti and has asked me to load some light loads he has given me a box of Hornady 125gr hollow point flat base 30192 projectiles.
I can't find any load data really on the ADI site and you have to pay for Hornady info.
I only have on hand at this time some ADI 2208 and large rifle primers.
What powder and grain weights should I be looking at?
And if I decided to load some for my .308 same question?
Thanks in advance.
I used 60gr 2209 and LR magnum primers with 125 and 130gr proj in my 30/06. ADI has 57.2gr 2208 as max with 125gr proj.
308 is 50gr max with 2208 and 125gr.
ADI 30/06 Data from their site
Data – Rifle – ADI World Class Powders and Ammunition
125 GR. SIE SP
AR2208
.308"
3.150"
Starting
54.0 grain
3159 fps
45500 cup
Maximum
57.2 grain
3267 fps
49500 cup
Awesome thanks, not always sure which projectile to choose from in the ADI list.
Greetings,
Go to the Hodgdons site for their youth light loads using H4895 (AR2206H).
GPM
Greetings again,
Hodgdon lists 40.5 grains of H4895 (AR2206H) with the 125 grain Nosler projectile for 2,615 fps in the 30-06. Pressure was only 31,200 CUP so the cases would only ever need neck sizing. This is for H4895 (AR2206H) only. Don't go below start loads with any other powder.
Regards Grandpamac.
I'm loading 49gr AR2208. 130gr Hornady SP. Nice groups too.
About 2700fps I think 22" barrel. Very, very mild to shoot but drop fallow ok.
This is max and minimum data from hornady online latest datahttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...118c2bd529.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3a9c1495ed.jpg
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Thanks @andyanimal31
Greetings @Happy Jack,
For your .308 Hodgdon lists a load of 38 grains of H4895 (AR2206H) with the 125 grain Nosler giving 2,592 fps and 31,600 fps. I have been using the same 38 grain load with 150 grain Hornady Spire points giving a velocity of 2,350 in a 22 inch barrel as a short range target load. For a cheap practise load I used 32 grains of AR2206H with the Frontier 155 grain plated projectile for a velocity of 1,910 fps. Both these loads shot quite well in my long throated rifle. The data I listed seems to have vanished from the Hodgdon site but they still state that loads for H4895 (AR2206H) can be reduced to 60% of maximum charges listed for the cartridge and projectile.
Regards Grandpamac.
depending on intended useage...the speer TNT very explosive,do not exit even small wallabies...or 130grn speer hp just awesome full stop unless after big hard,angry stuff are another two easy options that work well.
loaded 125grn taipans for mate in his 30/06..a neck shot goat was close to decapitation..... bottom line
PICK YOUR SHOTS or use something heavier/stouter.
Probably just be used at the range or small game. Its just fun to play around with stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
30/06 and 125-130gr are murder on goats.
The nosler online reloading data is pretty good and free to use and very well organised
130 gn for deer is very effective. Mostly I've used Barnes TTSX 130 gn. Great results.Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
Greetings,
Something that slipped my mind was that I had shot some test loads in my .308 with the 125 grain Speer TNT projectiles a couple of years back. The test was to determine the relative speeds of powders I had shot with the same components at the same time. In a 20 inch barrel 47 grains of BM8208 chronographed 2,950 fps and the same load of AR2206H produced 2,900 fps. Both gave good accuracy (Sub MoA). At the same time I tested 47 grains of the now obsolete AR2206 which chronographed 2,940 fps. This showed that AR2206 is faster than AR2206H as I suspected and more like BM2 or BM8208,
This mornings Inbox yielded a flyer from loaddata.com with an article on Modern Varmint Loads for the 30-06. These were in the 100 to 115 grain projectile range and mostly used full power loads. Accuracy averaged in the 1.5 MoA range which suggests that 125 to 130 grains might be a sweet spot for light projectile loads in the .308 and .30-06.
Regards Grandpamac.
While you talking about 308 -125gr,how would Sako 123gr sp go on deer?.Tika 308 22in barrel,should be flying at about 2880ft/s.Normaly i use Hornady Superformance150 or 165gr ssts which just smashes reds sholders n drops them.Thanks for yr time in answering Gpm.
a little more context would help get an accurate answer ? there's a big difference between knocking over a fallow at 200y-300y and a large red or Wap at 400YQuote:
Originally Posted by Trout
in reality you are working with a slightly improved 243 performance wise so it would probably preform similarly to a 243 maybe slightly better
Opps my edit was a bit late with extra data.Guess id have the odd walk away pass 250yds with 123gr.5 reds were downed pass 300yds last summer.
That has been my understanding for many years. Have read it many times, but have not tried 110gr myself. Same for 308. The 110gr are simply too short.Quote:
Originally Posted by grandpamac
That's why my light load uses 130gr.
