As the title suggests, looking for a bit of guidance here. I'm loading my Savage F/TR action and decided to switchover from Varget (which is getting harder to find, and keeps getting more expensive) to N150 after reading a bunch about that.
First time using VV powder, but their published data here seems wildly low for the powder compared to what I've read about. I definitely have the freebore to load long, but their B185/N150 combination (even with the LRP and 24" bbl) list a max of 40.6gr at 2408fps, which is IMHO wicked slow.
Ideally I'd like to be up around 2700fps (which I've read is very possible) and I have the SRPM and 30" bbl to gain some fps, but am I missing something here? My math says I'll be loading pretty substantially over their max load to get there.
Edit: Using Peterson SRP 308 brass
Thanks,
First time using VV powder, but their published data here seems wildly low for the powder compared to what I've read about. I definitely have the freebore to load long, but their B185/N150 combination (even with the LRP and 24" bbl) list a max of 40.6gr at 2408fps, which is IMHO wicked slow.
Ideally I'd like to be up around 2700fps (which I've read is very possible) and I have the SRPM and 30" bbl to gain some fps, but am I missing something here? My math says I'll be loading pretty substantially over their max load to get there.
Edit: Using Peterson SRP 308 brass
Thanks,
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