358 Winchester 225 Nosler partition

jason1290

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Dec 5, 2024
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Hi I was hoping someone could help me out and run a load on quick load for me. I’m curious about the 225 Partition with ramshot tac powder. Hornady case and cci250 primer. Thank you very much in advance.

22 inch barrel
Coal 2.760
 
Code:
Cartridge          : .358 Win.
Bullet             : .358, 225, Nosler PART SP 44800
Useable Case Capaci: 46.064 grain H2O = 2.991 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.760 inch = 70.10 mm
Barrel Length      : 22.0 inch = 558.8 mm
Powder             : Ramshot TAC *C

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-10.0   95    43.65   2172    2357   40886   5483     86.8    1.301
-09.0   96    44.14   2197    2412   42290   5559     87.4    1.281
-08.0   97    44.62   2222    2467   43747   5634     87.9    1.262
-07.0   99    45.11   2247    2523   45260   5708     88.5    1.243
-06.0  100    45.59   2273    2580   46833   5780     89.0    1.225
-05.0  101    46.08   2298    2638   48467   5852     89.6    1.206
-04.0  102    46.56   2323    2696   50167   5922     90.1    1.189  ! Near Maximum !
-03.0  103    47.05   2349    2756   51934   5991     90.6    1.171  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  104    47.53   2374    2816   53774   6059     91.1    1.154  ! Near Maximum !
-01.0  105    48.02   2400    2877   55688   6125     91.6    1.137  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  106    48.50   2425    2938   57682   6190     92.1    1.120  ! Near Maximum !
+01.0  107    48.99   2451    3001   59760   6253     92.6    1.104  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0  108    49.47   2477    3064   61926   6315     93.0    1.087  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  109    49.96   2502    3129   64185   6375     93.4    1.071  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  110    50.44   2528    3194   66542   6433     93.9    1.056  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0  111    50.93   2554    3260   69004   6489     94.3    1.040  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 5% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 5% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    106    48.50   2493    3106   63093   6294     95.1    1.079  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 5% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    106    48.50   2349    2758   52422   6026     88.4    1.167  ! Near Maximum !

CCI200 will provide more than enough brisance to ignite the powder column on the 358 Win. CCI250 will raise chamber pressure, so you will want to keep an eye on the sigs of pressure.
 
Thank you very much Dr. Mike. I was doing a lot of reading and saw that others were using magnum primers for better ignition with ball powders. I will start with 200s and work up first. Thank you again!
 
I have always had good performance with my various rifles chambered in 358 Win using standard rifle primers. I have never found it neceessary to resort to magnum primers, and I have hunted in some very cold weather and used a variety of ball powders. The powder column is short, so the brisance is more than adequate for complete ignition. I questioned Remington primers at one point because they do produce low brisance, but even these primer are sufficient for complete ignition. You can use magnum primers, but I haven't found it advantageous for this cartridge. If it is all you have, then I could see using a magnum primer, with care to watch for excess pressure that could happen.
 
I appreciate the insight. I have a lot more standard primers than I do magnum primers so that’s great.

I had another load I was using CCI 250 magnum primers with in this rifle. if I were to use the same load, just going with a standard primer in place of it, will I have to work up in charge weight to match the velocity?
 
Dr. Mike, could I borrow your expertise one more time please? I’m working on doing some 225 Nosler Partition water jug tests and would like to do the testing with reduced loads to simulate lower velocity impacts at 300 yards or so (1800fps) Is there any way you could run the same components for me only with H4895 powder and starting loads of around 28 grains?
 
Ps I will post recovered bullet pictures when I’m finished with the testing. Thank you in advance.
 
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