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Old January 13, 2011, 01:43 PM   #10
Scorch
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Join Date: February 13, 2006
Location: Washington state
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I helped a friend develop loads for his .30-30 788. What we found:
* 168 gr BTs were hard to stabilize, but the Hornady flat-based 165 gr Interlock SP flat base shot well.
* 150 gr Hornady Interlock SP (flat base spire point) were the best bet all-around.
* We could easily load at published max or slightly above and got very good accuracy. Extraction was not an issue.
* We tried the loads under TC Contender data in order to find data that matched the bullets used, but ended up using rifle load data so we could use slower powders.
* We got good accuracy with 150 gr over W748 and IMR3031, got best velocities with IMR4320 and Reloder 7.

I believe you will enjoy the load development process and probably learn a lot.
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