338 WM 180gr Accubond

[Silent Sam]

Looking for powder recommendations for the 180gr AccuBond. I have heavy bullet loads already but want to bloody this rifle on a south Texas pig hunt in Feb. I have a few boxes of the Accubonds and wonder if anyone hear has any experience w/ them. I am looking for an accurate load at 3100-3200 fps out of a 23" barrel.

 

[JD338]

I would look at IMR/H4350 and RL19

JD338

 

[Hegland]

I would look at IMR/H4350 and RL19

JD338

Bingo.

 

[Vince]

I have a 200 Grain .338 Bullet I plan to work up after I get done playing with the 250's.
So far I've been happy with the IMR 4350 and think it may work very well in the 200 Grain bullet load. I'll just have to wait and see.
From what little I know, and have experienced, 4350 is a very versatile powder with a myriad of uses.

 

[Silent Sam]

I have RL19/17/15, H4381, W760. I use a lot of IMR4350 in other cartridges and need to restock anyway. Would love to try N150 but price & availability is problematic. I'm thinking 4831/19 is a bit slow for 180s but who knows until you try. I didn't have any luck w/ RL19 & 210gr Partitions in this rifle. Has anybody actually loaded these bullets? Thanks for the inputs so far.

 

[Hegland]

Vince is right, 4350 is a very useful burn rate across a variety of cartridges and bullet weights.

I worked up a couple loads with the 180 AB using both IMR4350 and RL19. They weren't necessarily full tilt, running right at 3,000 fps, but gave more than enough accuracy with the IMR load at about 3/4".