minimum load for 300 grain Nosler Sporting Handgun HP

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I have a box of 300 grain Nosler Sporting Handgun HP bullets. I would like to load these to 820 fps, using Alliant 2400 powder, Winchester Large Pistol primer, and a 1.720 O.A.L. (load data from Lyman Manual 48th Edition)

I have data for my 250 grain Partition-HG HP bullets:

http://www.nosler.com/data44remmag250gr.html

Load Data
Nosler 250 Grain

250 gr. Partition-HG™
Hollow Point
Ballistic Coefficient - .200
Sectional Density - .194

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Powder Charge Wt.
in Grains Muzzle Velocity (fps)


2400

17.5 1258 fps Max.
17.0 1222 fps
16.5 1168 fps

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The
Partition-HG HP bullet seems to work at 1168 fps.

Will the Lyman load for a 300 grain Hornady XTP/HP work for a 300 grain Nosler Sporting Handgun HP ... will the Nosler expand at 820 fps ... is there concern for jacket separation, at this low velocity ?

 

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Will the Lyman load for a 300 grain Hornady XTP/HP work for a 300 grain Nosler Sporting Handgun HP ... will the Nosler expand at 820 fps ... is there concern for jacket separation, at this low velocity ?

You can use the 300 XTP data provided you work up.
Will it expand at 820 fps? Not sure not only for the nosler but for any 300 gr 44 slug. maybe Nosler can chime in here and shed some light.
Jacket core separation--would not worry about it a bit. :wink: