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rwilson452 · January 6, 2007, 01:42 PM

As others have said, What your rifle will like best is not known. I have found that the savage for the most part like a 150-165 gr bullet moving along at around 2650 FPS. Some years back DOD picked RE15 to load the the 7.62. I would suspect a powder with about that same speed should be looked at. Some have had good luck with varget. Rummage around in your data manuals. My Nosler book suggest N140 for the 150 gr bullet and BLC(2) for the 165 grainer. Once again, your mileage my vary.

January 6, 2007, 01:42 PM	#3
rwilson452 Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2004 Location: Tioga co. PA Posts: 2,647	308 loads As others have said, What your rifle will like best is not known. I have found that the savage for the most part like a 150-165 gr bullet moving along at around 2650 FPS. Some years back DOD picked RE15 to load the the 7.62. I would suspect a powder with about that same speed should be looked at. Some have had good luck with varget. Rummage around in your data manuals. My Nosler book suggest N140 for the 150 gr bullet and BLC(2) for the 165 grainer. Once again, your mileage my vary.