activeviii Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Afternoon all. Please, can anyone help? I have two new barrels, cupboard full of bullets and some powder. I thought I was doing the right thing, one powder for all but I'm not finding data. .223 50gn V-Max 65gn gamekings .308 110gn varminters 150gn prohunters RS40 powder. Only one I have found any date for is the 150 prohunters. Plenty of data on either side of the bullet weight s with the RS40 powder but nothing for what I have. Please, anyone, point me In the right direction if you can. Thanks kindly gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One on top of two Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 RS50 / single base and RS52 / double base . either of the above will do a much better job for .223/.308 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-Pete Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 What he just said................RS 52 is the go-to powder for long range in both of these calibres, 80 grain bullets in 223, and 155 grainers in 308. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted May 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 I have rs 40, it's not for long range. It's for fox and deer/pig but thanks anyway. I think I have some thing sorted as RS40 is very close the N135 from what I'm told so I have loaded tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richiew Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 N135 for 155 s in 308 I use 42.5 grains giving less than thumb size groups at 100m 5 shot groups. and for 223 in 52 to 60 grain Berger s I use 25grains of n135 . Although N150 is best for 308 heavies ie 175/185 , 44.5 grains ish . Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted May 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Richiew said: N135 for 155 s in 308 I use 42.5 grains giving less than thumb size groups at 100m 5 shot groups. and for 223 in 52 to 60 grain Berger s I use 25grains of n135 . Although N150 is best for 308 heavies ie 175/185 , 44.5 grains ish . Cheers Thank you for thati do have the n150 on the shelf as well as n133 but fed up of the carbon left behind, I don't clean after every outing. I would be cleaning most days otherwise. I use to use rs62 in the creedmore and found it to be very clean in comparison so I thought, new rifles, new powder, and if one powder will do both, then even better. Thanks kindly for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richiew Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Latest test tonight 22.5 grain of n135 with 73 g Berger . Five shot group with 4 through the big hole . Moved a bit over for the last shot so I was still hitting steel . Need to use the hardox target as this 3mm plate isn’t strong enough at 100 metres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 11:27 PM, Richiew said: Latest test tonight 22.5 grain of n135 with 73 g Berger . Five shot group with 4 through the big hole . Moved a bit over for the last shot so I was still hitting steel . Need to use the hardox target as this 3mm plate isn’t strong enough at 100 metres Pleased for you but it's not RS40 really is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richiew Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Sorry there , no it’s not RS 40 . I’ll stop posting where I’m not following the requirements of the thread . cheer s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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