.17 rem 30gr bergers powder question

[JTS24]

Hey all, I’m struggling to find a great load for my .17 Remington with 30 grain bergers. Where they aren’t making them anymore I’d like to shorten the curve as much as possible. I have varget, imr 4895 and H380 available to me. Also I’ll be using rem 71/2 primers. Thanks in advance.

 

[AlNyhus]

Given only those power choices and based on my work with quite a few .17 Remingtons, I'd start with 4895. -Al

 

[JTS24]

Given only those power choices and based on my work with quite a few .17 Remingtons, I'd start with 4895. -Al

Do you have a recommendation of another powder to try to find?

 

[yotehater]

W760/H414 is what I run behind my 30 grainers in the 17 Rem. Took this crow out at 200 yds a few days ago. Deadly accurate at maximum loading.

 

[Big Mc]

Hey all, I’m struggling to find a great load for my .17 Remington with 30 grain bergers. Where they aren’t making them anymore I’d like to shorten the curve as much as possible. I have varget, imr 4895 and H380 available to me. Also I’ll be using rem 71/2 primers. Thanks in advanceB

 

[Big Mc]

BLc-2 H4198 H 335 User in my 17 Rem. Turned it into a 17-223 Still use the same three. Tommy Mc

 

[AlNyhus]

Do you have a recommendation of another powder to try to find?

AA2700 and WW760/H414 (they are the exact powder now...earlier ones were close). If you have access to any V.V. N135, it's a great one also. -Al

 

[Kermit in Va.]

Don't waste any powder, just see'em to me and I'll
waste powder working on a load and save you the trouble...
LOL...just had to say that. I think 414 was what I loaded.

 

[WyleWD]

In the 17 Rem. I have used H380 with 30gr Kindler golds. WW760 is good also. I've been told that 8208xbr is good also but have never tried it myself. JME. WD

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I hope you have a 1/9 twist barrel or you maybe searching in vain. W760 ,Staball 6.5 would be worth trying. I run H414 with the 29-30 gr bullets, H414 is discontinued. I'm going to try Staball 6.5 when I run out of 414.

 

[OKyote73]

I use 8208xbr with the 25's. Not fast enough twist for anything bigger
Win760 is the exact same powder as H414 just so coyotefurharvester knows...

 

[Yote Hunter]

24.6 gr VV 540 30 gr Nagel CCI BR4. Accurate and fast. 4030 FPS 27” barrel.

 

[yotehater]

I hope you have a 1/9 twist barrel or you maybe searching in vain. W760 ,Staball 6.5 would be worth trying. I run H414 with the 29-30 gr bullets, H414 is discontinued. I'm going to try Staball 6.5 when I run out of 414.

If I could find staBall 6.5 I want to try it. Sounds like it would be ideal.

 

[snowpro440]

I'm doing the H4198, seems to be the best solution for my gun.

 

[Oso]

You didn't mention what twist rate is your barrel. It needs to be fast twist (1:9) to have no issues stabilizing 25gr and heavier bullets in .17 cal.

 

[JTS24]

It’s a Remington model 700 classic, I believe it’s 1/9 twist. Looking for some w760 now as you all know that’s near impossible.

 

[JTS24]

Can anyone tell me how W760 performs with temp changes?

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I ran it for 10-12 years for winter fox, load development in late Oct in Mn, I was shooting 25 gr bullets since there weren't many coyote around then. I saw 40-50 fps difference from 40's to zero never setup chronograph below zero. The 6.5 sb is supposed to be better than 760/414. I only used Rem brass and 7.5s.