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Anything is welcomed! :lol:
Need all your 30-378 Bee loads
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Pop,
It is so odd concerning your post. I read it and my door bell rang and it was my wood guy delivering a couple cords of firewood. He is an avid hunter and shoots a .30-378 Weatherby and swears it is the greatest round on the planet. He has killed many handsome elk, sheep, goats, and bears. In his words, "alot across WIDE canyons."
He gave me his load off the top of his head. Norma brass, 200 grain Nosler Partition, F215 Magnum Rifle Match primer, 100.0 grains H1000, velo 3100 FPS.
Sight-in = easy 100 is +1.5", 200 dead-on, 300 is -6", 350 is -12", 400 is -18", 500 is -35".
Hope that helps. He added load as long as magazine will allow.
Jerry
Bend, Oregon
It is so odd concerning your post. I read it and my door bell rang and it was my wood guy delivering a couple cords of firewood. He is an avid hunter and shoots a .30-378 Weatherby and swears it is the greatest round on the planet. He has killed many handsome elk, sheep, goats, and bears. In his words, "alot across WIDE canyons."
He gave me his load off the top of his head. Norma brass, 200 grain Nosler Partition, F215 Magnum Rifle Match primer, 100.0 grains H1000, velo 3100 FPS.
Sight-in = easy 100 is +1.5", 200 dead-on, 300 is -6", 350 is -12", 400 is -18", 500 is -35".
Hope that helps. He added load as long as magazine will allow.
Jerry
Bend, Oregon
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Antelope_Sniper
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PoP, if you have some WC860, I'd try it in the BEE with the 200GR AB.
Check here....
http://www.inextinc.com/hunting/
If I remember right you have a Sako?? Some of the loads at that site were just a tad warm at max in my sako so start about mid data. My fav powders for my gun are retumbo and BMG50. Also...keep the barrel clean when range testing. One cool day I had run a number of rounds through my gun and was just about done and I saw velocity start to climb on loads that had earlier been normal. Soon thereafter I got a sticky bolt with the same ammo that had been fine in the morning. My only possible explanation is that copper and powder fowling started taking max loads past max.
http://www.inextinc.com/hunting/
If I remember right you have a Sako?? Some of the loads at that site were just a tad warm at max in my sako so start about mid data. My fav powders for my gun are retumbo and BMG50. Also...keep the barrel clean when range testing. One cool day I had run a number of rounds through my gun and was just about done and I saw velocity start to climb on loads that had earlier been normal. Soon thereafter I got a sticky bolt with the same ammo that had been fine in the morning. My only possible explanation is that copper and powder fowling started taking max loads past max.
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My above load clocked 3268 fps.
Laker_Taker
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If you like the 180 grainers I shoot with my 30-378 180 partitions and 99 grains of h4831SC three shot group at 100 yards is .6
Aaron
Aaron
I've used the 200 grn AccuBond & Sierra Gamekings, they both shot 3/4 to 1 inch @ 100yds. My gun loves Retumbo, but shoots IMR 7828 quite well too. Loads I've used are:
200 grn AccuBond, 104-105 grns Retumbo, Chrony @ 3265FPS
(I started @ 104 and tried 105 also, no difference in velocity whatsoever. I reduced load to 101 grns to avoid ruining the barrel for an extra 20FPS, those test loads are still sitting on my reloading bench)
200 grn SGK, 100.0 grns Ramshot Magnum
180 AccuBond, 111.0 grns. Retumbo, Chrony@ 3500FPS
(tried 112.0 grns, bolt got sticky, chrony @ 3600)
180 grn Speer TNT Hot-Cor, 111 grns Retumbo Chrony @ 3490FPS if memory werves me correctly. Bullet not suitable for hunting @ this velocity, Fraged badly and suffered full jacket seperation when I used it.
150 grn SGK with IMR 7828 accurate, but not really worth the powder to get to 3550FPS.
150 SGK with Retumbo, Stupid fast @ 3680+, but not overly accurate, around 1-1.5MOA. Probably gut and skin whatever you hit with it, as well as kill it.
CC.
200 grn AccuBond, 104-105 grns Retumbo, Chrony @ 3265FPS
(I started @ 104 and tried 105 also, no difference in velocity whatsoever. I reduced load to 101 grns to avoid ruining the barrel for an extra 20FPS, those test loads are still sitting on my reloading bench)
200 grn SGK, 100.0 grns Ramshot Magnum
180 AccuBond, 111.0 grns. Retumbo, Chrony@ 3500FPS
(tried 112.0 grns, bolt got sticky, chrony @ 3600)
180 grn Speer TNT Hot-Cor, 111 grns Retumbo Chrony @ 3490FPS if memory werves me correctly. Bullet not suitable for hunting @ this velocity, Fraged badly and suffered full jacket seperation when I used it.
150 grn SGK with IMR 7828 accurate, but not really worth the powder to get to 3550FPS.
150 SGK with Retumbo, Stupid fast @ 3680+, but not overly accurate, around 1-1.5MOA. Probably gut and skin whatever you hit with it, as well as kill it.
CC.
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velocity?
Greg Nolan
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30-378 180 gr. Nos A/Bs Wby Accumark
Norma Brass (not weatherby brass), CCI250 primers. CL 2.905 OAL 3.765
111 gr. Retumbo
Muzzle Vel. Fps Traj. Fpe.
Muz. 3460 -1.5 4622
100 3194 +2.6 4354
200 2998 +3.2 3598
300 2810 0 3134
400 2630 -7.7 2760
500 2475 -20.3 2445
600 2291 -38.7 2115
At 300 yds it will shoot a .75 (approx) group. The trajectory is real close to stated the velocity is by chart once it goes further than my chrony. If you are using a 6x18 Swarovski with tdr at 500 yds it's 4" low at second bar down. By the way the 500 yd. group was about 2.5" to 2.7 " per my leatherman tool ruler. It shoots a lot better than I can hold.
Good Shooting
Elkhunt :grin:
Norma Brass (not weatherby brass), CCI250 primers. CL 2.905 OAL 3.765
111 gr. Retumbo
Muzzle Vel. Fps Traj. Fpe.
Muz. 3460 -1.5 4622
100 3194 +2.6 4354
200 2998 +3.2 3598
300 2810 0 3134
400 2630 -7.7 2760
500 2475 -20.3 2445
600 2291 -38.7 2115
At 300 yds it will shoot a .75 (approx) group. The trajectory is real close to stated the velocity is by chart once it goes further than my chrony. If you are using a 6x18 Swarovski with tdr at 500 yds it's 4" low at second bar down. By the way the 500 yd. group was about 2.5" to 2.7 " per my leatherman tool ruler. It shoots a lot better than I can hold.
Good Shooting
Elkhunt :grin:
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Wow man ! Wish mine did that....maybe it does. Who knows?
Greg Nolan
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Pop
It only did it once and I was smart enough to stop shooting
Good Hunting
Elkhunt :grin:
It only did it once and I was smart enough to stop shooting
Good Hunting
Elkhunt :grin:
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Mine did .8" at 200 yards so far. I do not know if t will do it again and I do not care. All I know is she better do Under 3.5" or better at 400 or else back to the drawing board.
