Alliants Powder Pro 2000 and .308 winchester

[tyson22250]

Just thought i would share my experience on this new powder. Back awhile ago i was looking for some help with a remington 788 in .308 winchester. I had tried a few different suggestions of a few other powders and, bullets with so-so performance. I finally got some more time this weekend to play around with the rifle. I also got my hands on a pound of 2000 MR and i switched to some 165gr bullets to try. To make a long story short after a very short little to no effort time, i was shooting 165gr accubonds in this .308 and grouping 3/4 inch, which i was pleased with. Before i started shooting i was wondering to myself if this new powder would meet expectations of what it had been told it would do. After i settled on a load i took out my chrony set it up and ran some shells down range onto the target. First shot 2842.......second shot 2826.......third shot 2839...... I was pretty asstonished this is only 22" barrel, and im pretty sure i could go hotter ,these are very safe loads in this firearm. I hope to do some further fine tuning but thought i would share my experience with this powder, i think it will bring the 308 to a new level...

 

[DrMike]

Good report, Tyson. Where did you pick up the Powder Pro 2000?

 

[tyson22250]

At a local gun show begining of this month

 

[DrMike]

That means it is likely listed on some importers permits. I'll look around to see if I can find some. Thanks for posting.

 

[SJB358]

Wow, sounds like a great powder and those are great speeds out of the 308 and 165's. The good thing about that is, if it works well in a 308, I bet it would work well in a 35 Whelen! Scotty

 

[Guy Miner]

Interesting, thanks for the report! Those are good speeds from a 165/.308 Win combo.