alleyyooper

A friends friend says he shoots 150gr charges in his ML and gets great groups but couldn't put a figure on a 100yd group.

As sort of a poll I would like to know how stiff a charge you shoot in what cal.
Mine are 50cal T/C Hawkins 70gr., 50calT/C plains hunter 85gr., Remington 700 50 cal 80gr, and Remington 700 54cal 100gr.

These aremy best loads for the best groups with sabots and 230 to 300 grain bullets, except the Hawkins is a PRB.

sabotloader

Yooper

Renegade 50 cal with GM-LRH SS - 90 grains T7-3f - 460 grain Bullshop
Renegade 50 cal with GM-LRH Blue - as above
Renegade 50 cal with TC barrel - 80 grains T7-3f & BullShop

Remingtons 50 cal SS - 110 grains T7-2f
White 50 cal - 110 grains T7-2f
Omega 50 cal - 110 grains T7-2f
Knight 50 cal - 120 grains T7-2f

Others but fall in the same category as above

gleason.chapman

TC Hawken 80g Goex, 300g Speer Gold Dot with Crushed Rib sabot

Knight Disc 100g 777 3f, 300g Nosler Partition HG, CR Sabot

TC Omega 100g 777 3f, 300g Nosler Partition HG, CR sabot

All shoot well between 90 and 110g of 777, heavy charges are for folks that have listen to the marketingpropaganda on speed and range not accuracy. I really don't think you get that much extra speed for the 150g charges,seems to me like it is only 200 fps extra, but boy do you loose in accuracy. Lotta folks don't shoot regularly and wanna just hunt 1 or 2 weeks and shoota 3" at 100 yard group, don't wannaplay with the rifle to get it dialed in perfectly for the bullet, sabot, powder and gun. Chap

Chris W.

50 cal Knight Rolling Block with a 250 gr. Barnes expander on top of 110 gr. loose 3f Triple seven. It also does well with 90 gr. of 2f Triple Seven and 410 gr. Great plains conicals.

Semisane

.50 Lyman Mustang - 105 grains T-7 FFFg -300 grain Speer Gold Dot
.50 TC New Englander - 80 grains Pyrodex RS or GOEX FFFg -410 grain Hornady Great Plains
.58 Navy Arms Zouave - 70 grains Pyrodex RS or GOEX FFFg - Patched ball
.54 Lyman Great Plains - 95 grains GOEX FFFg - Patched ball

cayugad

In the number of rifles that I shoot..

powder charges vary between 70 grains all the way to 120 grains of in loose powder from. Also the grades of powder change between rifles and projectiles. They range in calibers from 45 to 62 caliber, not counting the 12 gauge shotguns of course.

Some people do shoot 150 grains and they get good accuracy. Whether your rifle is one of them or you like to shoot that much, or need to for that matter is all a personal preference. Also consider the fact that what some people call "accurate", others call "getting there"...

frontier gander

Great Plains PRB- 110 ffg goex

Traditions Kentucky PRB- 110 ffg goex "Those 2 rifles are powder hogs"

CVA Mountain Stalker 295 Powerbelt- 80 Pyrodex Select

CVA Bobcat 295 Powerbelt- 80 Pyrodex Select

CVA Hawken 295 Powerbelt- 90 Pyrodex Select

Cabelas Hawken 295/348 Powerbelt- 80 Pyrodex Select

.54 Smoothbore Musket PRB- 70 FFg Goex.

Now i must work on a load for the new Apex

rem 700

My "stout" rifle,TC Omega Z5, groups good and shoots flat with 130gr RS + 250gr T/C Shockwave, also been shooting 240gr T/C Cheap Shots at the same powder charge with good accuracy. I like 90gr RS and 385gr hornady GP in 50 cal hawken.

corey012778

knight usak.

240gr .430 xtp with green mmp sabot 85grs pyro p
230gr tc sure fire 85grs pyro p
240gr tc cheap shot 90grs pyro rs
240gr .451 xtp black mmp sabot

bowbender6

I got these results if Feb under 2" with my Omega 290TMZ with 150 T7FF, 100grains were more accurate though. Under 1" . The only to so far when accuracy didn’t go bad with heavy charges is when I used 290-300 grain bullets.

I am not sure on how to post this but here is my post from Feb with heavy charges
2/17/2008 10:18:30 PM

Good results 150gr ff and Barnes 290TMZ

Good results 150gr ff and Remington PT