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Harris' "The Load" - 13 grains of Red Dot in 300 Win Mag?
- Thread starter IMtheNRA
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Pressures will go up with jacketed as well as likelihood of bullet getting stuck in the barrel.
I have done pistol powder rifle loads before but the largest case volume was 308. Trailboss is very bulky and is a good choice for reduced power rifle loads.
300 WM data on page 2 here.
http://www.imrpowder.com/PDF/Trail-Boss-data.pdf
I have done pistol powder rifle loads before but the largest case volume was 308. Trailboss is very bulky and is a good choice for reduced power rifle loads.
300 WM data on page 2 here.
http://www.imrpowder.com/PDF/Trail-Boss-data.pdf
Geezerbiker
New member
According to Ed on an old Fidonet post, that is the same load as used for the guard load the military used back in WWII. So it was intended to use with jacketed bullets. I've used 12g of Red Dot in my .25-06 with 100g jacketed bullets with good results.
I would assume that you have to adjust up or down depending on the case and bullet. I would start with 13g of Red Dot and work up as needed...
Tony
I would assume that you have to adjust up or down depending on the case and bullet. I would start with 13g of Red Dot and work up as needed...
Tony
Famous last words: It must have been a double load.
A shooter/reloader rendered his 257 Wheatherby/Weatherby scrap. he claimed his rifle shot a steady diet of reduce loads. I thought it strange all of the parts sheared, there was not one part that bent and or curled when coming apart. And he thought it must have been a double charge.
F. Guffey
A shooter/reloader rendered his 257 Wheatherby/Weatherby scrap. he claimed his rifle shot a steady diet of reduce loads. I thought it strange all of the parts sheared, there was not one part that bent and or curled when coming apart. And he thought it must have been a double charge.
F. Guffey
Don Fischer
New member
13 grs of Red Dot is a 30-06 load!
Reference Mr Harris' use of 13 grains of Red Dot (aka "The Load), why not read his own words reference the subject.
http://www.hensleygibbs.com/edharris/articles/The Load.htm
Reference the use of jacketed bullets with The Load, here's what he has to say:
Reference The Load, I have used it (with jacketed bullets) in the 30/06, 45/70 and 303 British and it works very well as a low cost, low recoil round reference u firearms familiarization for youngsters and those that might be sensitive to recoil.
http://www.hensleygibbs.com/edharris/articles/The Load.htm
Reference the use of jacketed bullets with The Load, here's what he has to say:
"The Load" is fully comparable to "yesterday's deer rifle", the .32-40, and provides good expansion of cheap, soft alloys (10-13 BHN) at woods ranges. Jacketed bullet velocities with "The Load" are about 120-150 f.p.s. less than a lubricated lead bullet of the same weight. Longer-barreled military rifles pick up a few feet per second.
Reference The Load, I have used it (with jacketed bullets) in the 30/06, 45/70 and 303 British and it works very well as a low cost, low recoil round reference u firearms familiarization for youngsters and those that might be sensitive to recoil.