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TAC should work well. Another powder that we settled on for my son's Ruger Hawkeye .338 Fed.is IMR-8208XBR. It might be worth a try.

Ranch and Home in Kennewick, WA had 20 1lb on the shelf yesterday $24.95 each, along with a pair 8 lb kegs. $199.95, IIRC. Universal Clays is definitely back in production.

Ditto!

We just tried some Ramshot Big Game with the 70 gr Ballistic Tip and the results were amazing. Max load from Nosler manual clocked an average 3550 fps out of a 22" barrel (Stevens 200), and put 4 shots in under an inch at 200 yards with 3 touching. Sure wish I could find some more, but haven‘t...

Well, I took the new Savage to the range yesterday. Good news is that was decently accurate, bad news is that it has a serious burr in the chamber that requires extreme force to extract the fired case. It occurred with factory ammo, SSA 175 GR match, Prograde 168 Berger Tactical and, yes, even...

I think you will find CFE-223 and 8208-XBR a little on the slow side for the 40 gr bullets, if you want top velocity. Benchmark will probably work better for the light bullets. They should all provide very good performance with the 50 and 55 gr projectiles. My favorite for those weights is...

I have one in .270 Win, and it shoots great with 130 and 140 gr Ballistic Tips. 3 shot groups consistently under an inch with several different powders (Accurate 2700, Reloder 17, Alliant 4000MR, IMR-8208XBR). I have been quite pleased how well it shoots , seemingly with most any components...

Well, I couldn't resist. Cabela's ad showed the Savage 10T on sale for $539.99, and when I picked mine up tonight in Yakima, it rang up with a $100 mail in rebate form! If I actually receive the rebate, that would be just $439.99 for nice 24" heavy barrel 5R rifled .308 win with Accu-stock...

I am not stuck on 70 gr. bullets, but I prefer to buy/use Nosler if I can. The rifle in question LOVES the 70 gr TNT with it's flat base and I was hoping to meet or beat the Speer product with the Varmageddon with the plastic tip and hopefully lower price, especially if I can order some seconds...

I have been watching Shooters Pro Shop forever waiting for some 6mm 70 gr Varmageddon Tipped bullets to show up. In my desperation, I even have been looking online for (gasp) retail boxes and don't believe I have ever even seen any in stock anywhere. So what is the deal? Are they (or were...

I have had bad experiences with their sizing dies. They seem to pick up grit more readily than RCBS or Redding. And while I like their seating dies, they also occasionally bind when seating bullets. I was also very unimpressed with their customer service response to my email when I tried to...

I got pretty good accuracy with a mild load of 59.0 gr of RE-17 behind a 130 gr Accubond. My son used it to good effect on a nice 3 point mule deer this past season. It was mild, chronographing right around 3000 fps, IIRC. Decent accuracy. I would probably try something slower if I wanted...

I have settled on Reloder 17 for my new Marlin X7 in .270 Win. I load 53.0 gr with a 130 gr Ballistic Tip for about 2880 fps out of the 22" barrel. Accuracy is good, and I probably could go to 54.0 gr and get up over 2900 fps. Has anyone tried Accurate 2700 in the .270 Win? A friend just...

Sadly, they are now out of stock. On the bright side, they do now also show some 225 gr Partitions available for the .338. But I am guessing they might be a little too heavy for effective performance in a .338 Federal.

I run 26.0 gr in my .223 rifles with the Hornady 55 gr SP, Z-Max or Nosler Ballistic Tip or Varmageddon Tipped bullets. While Nosler data shows a maximum of 25.0 gr of Varget, other loading manuals show up to 27.8 gr with a 55 gr bullet. I have tried up to 27.0 gr with no pressure signs in my...

My bet is that Midway's Dog Town bullet is Nosler's SHOTS bullet, a cup and core bullet made primarily for export. A nice basic cup and core bullet that is accurate and accounted for a lot of ground squirrels for me over the years. I still have a couple hundred loaded up from a couple of years...

Given the current state of availability of powders in general, you may have a tough time locating the more popular .243 Win powders like IMR-4350, H-4831, IMR-4831 and Reloder 19 and 22. For some reason, IMR-7828 seems to be more readily available and I have seen pretty good results with...

I was out at my club range the other day and was very surprised when I chronographed some loads in my 26" barrel Remington 700 SPS Varmint .223 Rem. I have chronographed 40 gr bullet handloads before with various bullets, Hornady V-Max, Z-Max, Sierra HP, Nosler Ballistic Tips with 27.5 gr of...

Now if they could actually make some available to us.....

Hate to use the "H" word on this forum, but a Nosler competitor has some reduced rifle loads available using H-4895 powder that might offer you some help. http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/H4895%20Redu ... 0Loads.pdf (The load they list for the .243 uses a _ornady bullet)