I had previously worked up a decent load with 55 grain Nosler Varmint Ballistic Tips and 25 gr of Varget for hunting coyotes out to 250 yds. I still have a lot of Varget but I either need to pickup more of the Noslers or try something else. I was going to tinker around with seating depths to see...
I'm trying to work up a good load with the 140 gr NABs and H4831SC, my hoped-for goal was sub-MOA @ 2800 FPS or better with safe pressure in my rifle. The Nosler book stops at 47.0 gr but with some well-calibrated Quickload data (and max PSI set to 60K) and careful observation for overpressure...
I'm planning to pick up a pound of powder on my way home for loading hunting rounds for my Swede using 129 grain Hornady Interlock bullets. I normally use Vihtavuori N560 and N160 for the Swede but I'm interested in trying something new. The LGS I'm stopping at has H4831 and IMR 7828 available...
I emailed Nosler to ask if they could give me a max load limit for using N160 with 130 grain Accubonds out of my 6.5x55 CZ550 American. I normally load 48 grains of N560 with 130 grain Accubonds for good results, but I'm out of that and I have a couple of pounds of the N160 I want to use...