30 BR H4198 & 110 VMAXs

[bobinpa]

I want to try 110 VMAXs in my 30 BR. Can anyone give me a starting point. I usually shoot 116 Eubers and just thought that I would give the VMAXs a try.
Thanks,
Bob

 

[tiny68]

Here are the max loads from Sierra's load tables with their 110HP. Sorry nothing for H4198. My guess is that you can't put too much H4198 in a 30BR case for the 110s. However, I am shooting some older lots of H4198 that seem a little slower than some of the more recent lots. I had to back off almost 1.5 gr with my new lot of H4198 with the 118s. I would start around 30.0 gr of H4198 and working up. Again the loads below are max. loads in the Sierra manual. Start lower and work up.

Luck, tiny

AA1680, 31.3 gr
VV N133, 34.4
RE-7, 30.4
Benchmark, 35.6
H322, 34.5
H4895,37.1
IMR4895, 36.8
AA 2520, 36.7

 

[savet06]

Bob,
I have used a newer lot of H4198 in my 30br. I used 110's to fireform my first time out. They shot surprisingly well, though not as well as the BIB 118's. I used 33.0-34.1grs in my savage with no signs of pressure. I think Tiny's advice is good...start low and work up, though I also agree that you almost can't have too much of it in the 30br case,there are those that shoot upwards of 35grs though I have not been that brave,34.5 is as high as I've gone, and had no problem in a diamondback action).
10% below max is always a good place to start, though I suspect you will be able to go up easily.
Do you have a chrony? 2950 or so is the 'magic' number.
Good luck,
Mike