Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
try it with a 190 accubond at 3100 with a BC of .64
RR
Not sure whats going on hodgdon lists the 185 barnes tsx with win 760, max load is 70 gr. at 3002 fps at a peak pressure of 52,000 cup, thats 7.5 gr under the max barnes lists in the manual according to frank, something is not right there, whether a typo or what I don't know but would work up with caution, I've saw differences in max loads, ya see them alot but thats a big difference. be careful.
RR
That 190 is the new long range Accubond isnt it?
RR, do they have a listing for the 185XLC, in the hodgon book that you have? Because Barnes lists the 185 XBT as a max of 3112 with 72.5 gr of 760. The 185XLC is moly coated bullet and it has a different load listed for that bullet and the minmum load is 72.5 of 760 at 3096fps and with a max load of 77.5 of 760 at 3303 fps.
I have Hodgons load data also, there loads are about the same as Hornady, they both list weak loadings compared to the Nosler and Barnes manuals from what I have seen, which both Nosler and Barnes corespond pretty close so I dont believe it to be a typo. I dont trust the Speer manual, when I first got my 338, I loaded up some 225gr. Grand Slams and started a little hotter than the minimum load listed, I went to the range first shot seemed alright but by the third I had to beat the bolt open with the palm of my hand. I quit shooting and went home and started comparing data. Speer has the minumum load hotter than the max load listed in Hornady's book. I do know this to be a misprint. It is a older Speer book and dont know if the new one rectified the problem or not. It is the only loading in there that I have seen this on, most of there loads are quite mild compared to Nosler and Barnes. I pretty much use Nosler data now but I do have a handloads USA book for most of the guns I have so now I compare data before starting a new load. I have never seen any discrepancies in Nosler or Barnes manuals.