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Desert Dog · March 31, 2001, 01:28 AM

And I would like to know what kind of powder you suggest and maybe a starting load or two. The bullets are from Mid-Kansas, 16 BHN, .309", 185 gr. RNFP's.

I heard that you can use really slow powder (8700) and get about 1800 FPS. That is almost too fast for what I want to use it for. I would hazard a guess of H4227, or AA1680, but none of my load books say anything about lead in a .308, so I wouldn't know where to start.

They will be shot in a 1967 Ishapore Enfield that I have refined and restored. The wood on the old girl is just a beautiful, mottled mahogany; the barrel is pristine, and I want to keep it that way, and shoot it on occasion at the same time.

Thanks in advance for your time...

March 31, 2001, 01:28 AM	#1
Desert Dog Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 1999 Location: Deep East Texas Posts: 474	And I would like to know what kind of powder you suggest and maybe a starting load or two. The bullets are from Mid-Kansas, 16 BHN, .309", 185 gr. RNFP's. I heard that you can use really slow powder (8700) and get about 1800 FPS. That is almost too fast for what I want to use it for. I would hazard a guess of H4227, or AA1680, but none of my load books say anything about lead in a .308, so I wouldn't know where to start. They will be shot in a 1967 Ishapore Enfield that I have refined and restored. The wood on the old girl is just a beautiful, mottled mahogany; the barrel is pristine, and I want to keep it that way, and shoot it on occasion at the same time. Thanks in advance for your time... __________________ Yes, in fact I do have a 454... in more ways than one. "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority" - Thomas Jefferson