30BR powder dilemma

[Bat Rastard]

I have a 30Br coming to me soon.
I am starting with 115 Bergers.
I have none of the popular powders for 30BR. Prospects for finding anything looks grim.
I do have some Sta-Ball, Varget, AA2520, 8208, SW4350 and a smattering of a H414 and Lil Gun.
Has anyone tried any of these successfully?

 

[Radar]

I have a 30Br coming to me soon.
I am starting with 115 Bergers.
I have none of the popular powders for 30BR. Prospects for finding anything looks grim.
I do have some Sta-Ball, Varget, AA2520, 8208, SW4350 and a smattering of a H414 and Lil Gun.
Has anyone tried any of these successfull

A few places had VV N-130 a week or two ago.

 

[Bill Norris]

H-4198 is a great one to try if you can find it. Accurate LT-30 & LT-32 are others that work well along with VV-N130.

You may want to put in an order with Bart's Bullets for his 112 gr. Match bullets. They shoot lights out for sure. He can be found here on the forum.

 

[Ned Ludd]

Midsouth has Accurate LT-30 and LT-32 right now.

https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/000790583/accurate-lt-30-(1-lb)

Accurate LT-32 (1 Lb)

Accurate LT-32 (1 Lb) by WESTERN & ACCURATE POWDERLT-32 is an extremely small, extruded powder intended for the PPC and other benchrest cartridges. With its low standard deviations and consistent metering, LT-32 is a proven match winner. It is also a fine choice for varmint rifles and other...

www.midsouthshooterssupply.com

 

[therifler]

you did not mention it but bench mark works really well in my 30 br . in my area it seems easy to come by . 118 hill billy bullets you don't get the velosity you do with 4198 but the accuracy is there .

 

[Bat Rastard]

I love this place! 10 pounds of lt-32 are rolling my way.
I tried to get lt-30, but in the check out it said back ordered.
LT-32 ought to be just fine. It's better than the nothing I had!

 

[Lefty Trigger]

You should be good with that LT-32. A few guys in our club are shooting H4198 in their 30BR's. It really needs the faster powders...

 

[shooterjon]

I have a 30Br coming to me soon.
I am starting with 115 Bergers.
I have none of the popular powders for 30BR. Prospects for finding anything looks grim.
I do have some Sta-Ball, Varget, AA2520, 8208, SW4350 and a smattering of a H414 and Lil Gun.
Has anyone tried any of these successfully?

This from the Sierra Reloading Manual,Although it is for a 125 GR. Bullet,you can adjust as needed.
At least they list the aa2520- Powder for you.
PS. Be careful as AA2525 in 1 lb containers has a limited recall,Check their web site.
GOOD LUCK

30 BR Remington​
Primer:​	Remington 7 1/2​	Test Firearm: ​	Savage Model 11​
Case: ​	Remington 7 BR Reformed​	BBL Length: ​	26"​
Twist: ​	1x10"​	Trim-to Length: ​	1.510"​
Bullets: ​
#2120 .30 Caliber/7.62mm (.308) 125 gr. SPT OAL 2.220

Powder/Velocity	2300	2400	2500	2600	2700	2750
Viht N133	28.2	29.5	30.8	32.1	33.4	34.0
RE-7	24.9	26.3	27.7	29.1	30.5
Benchmark	29.6	30.9	32.2	33.5	34.8
H322	29.2	30.4	31.6	32.8	34.0
H4895	30.8	32.1	33.4	34.7	36.0
IMR-4895	31.7	32.9	34.1	35.3	36.5
AA-2520	31.7	32.9	34.1	35.3	36.5
Energy/ft.lbs.	1468	1599	1735	1876	2023	2099

Accuracy Load: H4895/ 34.7grs. 2600fps/ 1876ft. lbs.

Hunting Load: H4895/ 36.0grs. 2700fps/ 2023ft. lbs.

 

[Link]

This from the Sierra Reloading Manual,Although it is for a 125 GR. Bullet,you can adjust as needed.
At least they list the aa2520- Powder for you.
PS. Be careful as AA2525 in 1 lb containers has a limited recall,Check their web site.
GOOD LUCK

30 BR Remington​
Primer:​	Remington 7 1/2​	Test Firearm: ​	Savage Model 11​
Case: ​	Remington 7 BR Reformed​	BBL Length: ​	26"​
Twist: ​	1x10"​	Trim-to Length: ​	1.510"​
Bullets: ​
#2120 .30 Caliber/7.62mm (.308) 125 gr. SPT OAL 2.220

Powder/Velocity	2300	2400	2500	2600	2700	2750
Viht N133	28.2	29.5	30.8	32.1	33.4	34.0
RE-7	24.9	26.3	27.7	29.1	30.5
Benchmark	29.6	30.9	32.2	33.5	34.8
H322	29.2	30.4	31.6	32.8	34.0
H4895	30.8	32.1	33.4	34.7	36.0
IMR-4895	31.7	32.9	34.1	35.3	36.5
AA-2520	31.7	32.9	34.1	35.3	36.5
Energy/ft.lbs.	1468	1599	1735	1876	2023	2099

Accuracy Load: H4895/ 34.7grs. 2600fps/ 1876ft. lbs.

Hunting Load: H4895/ 36.0grs. 2700fps/ 2023ft. lbs.

The most popular 30 BR powders arn't even listed here - H4198 and LT130.
I would wonder why ?

 

[JMayo]

N120 is what I've been told ...

 

[liljoe]

Wish you were closer to me. I could have helped you out.

Joe

 

[mattri]

Pm inbound.

 

[LarryDScott]

I bought a 30BR used, and it came to me with load info
using H4198. It was the most accuracy consistent rifle
I had ever owned. I didn't keep it long, because I didn't
like the recoil when shooting it free recoil. At the time,
it seemed that H4198 was the go to powder for the caliber.
LDS

 

[Bat Rastard]

My rifle and powder all arrived.

With the LT-32 half way up the neck, I am getting 2825ish fps with Berger 115s.

Do i need to find a faster powder?

 

[Link]

They will tell you - ''listen to your target it will tell you''. Do you see signs of pressure?

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[Bat Rastard]

No pressure signs. Accuracy has room for tuning, but looks promising.

 

[TIMO]

Here is some excellent reading. At this time I am using H4198 in my 30BR.

Help with the 30 BR

Just got it and getting ready to prep brass, the dies I received are 30BR remington, the brass of course is the 6BR norma, I have expanded the necks and preparing to turn but when I get ready to resize am I going to run into a problem with these dies? Are there more questions I need to be...

forum.accurateshooter.com

Tim

 

[liljoe]

Are you slowly dumping with a long drop tube? When I was shooting mine, I could get more speed with lt32.
Joe

 

[Dave Berg]

With the LT-32 half way up the neck, I am getting 2825ish fps with Berger 115s.

If you're shooting an IBS legal rifle with a short barrel 2,850 is about typical according to Randy Robinette. In my local clubs with more liberal weights and a 26" barrel I was getting around 3,160 fps with as much H-4198 as I could stuff in the case. Powder almost right to the case mouth dropped slowly with a long tube and a lot of neck tension, like 0.005", to keep the powder from pushing the bullet back out. You get used to the crunching after a while. But the thing would really shoot.



Per Al Nyhus even H-4198 is a bit on the slow side but the 30BR doesn't seem to be all that fussy. I tried IMR 4198 and the rifle was just as accurate but I gave up about 150 fps because the powder isn't as dense as the Hodgdon version.

I also shot Norma 200 for one season. Again, just as accurate but with a little velocity loss. It still shot way better than I ever could.