DM & Soilarch,


[/align]The old silhoutte load using 23.5grs. of H110 was a standard back when I shot silhouette in the early to mid-80's.
Soil....yes, you were right the recommended loads with it were maximum loads to get the best accuracy and consistency. Several other "silhouette-r's" I still talk to on other forums still use that load quite often & recommend it highly. Recently, just for old time's sake, I did a comparison test with it and 2400. I started with a load of 22.5grs. of H110, and my usual load of 21.0grs. of 2400. Needless to say, out of my Super BH Hunter, I cut a clean hole with 5 out of the 6 rounds I shot, (experimented with gun butt on rest for 6th round dropping it low)and although the H110 load was okay, it was nowhere near the 2400 loadin my gun.


[/align]I know the velocity was 1430fps. with 2400, and I'm sure I was at, or beyond it, with H110.


[/align]DM.....not knowing what barrel length you're using, but assuming that it's 6" or better based on your statement of long range shooting, 1300fps sounds awful slow for that powder charge. Based on Hodgdon's load data (as Soil stated) it showed a 240gr. "jacketed" bullet at 1500fps. using 24.0grs. of H110. All else being equal, a cast bullet in that same situation would produce more velocity based on far lesser friction due to the obvious difference in composition.
I was getting at least 1400+ with that 22.5 H110 load, using the same bullet that I used in the 2400gr. load. I knew what the 2400 load was doing as it was shot over my chrono, and based on the recoil difference, I knew that the H110 load was at least that or better.


[/align]I can always load up a batch toshootover the chrono,and get a more accurate figure out of my 7 1/2 " barrel,then correlate it to lesser lengths


[/align]I've scanned the different targets into my hard drive, and I can post them here if I can get them ona anothersite on the internet ( or if anyone's interested).


[/align]Take care,
Bob


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