338 lite

oldscot3 · July 20, 2007, 03:55 PM

Greetings gentlemen - As an introduction let me say I'm new to this forum but not new to reloading. I've been involved with this hobby for about twenty years and have loaded several domestic sporting cartridges for rifle and handgun as well as a variety of metric ammo for contract mausers I sometimes play with. Today I'm headed to the range to test a couple of 338WM loads I'm developing for a new Ruger #1. I'm looking for best accuracy with 180 and 200 grain Nosler BTs. Max velocity is not a goal in this case as I only wish to aproximate 30-06 class ballistics for use on medium game (whitetail, axis). This type of data (naturally)is sometimes hard to find in publications, I'll post results if any are interested. Pleasure to be here.

Martyn4802 · July 21, 2007, 08:30 AM

Let us know how that 338 Monster shoots...

oldscot3 · July 21, 2007, 11:32 AM

The first load, using imr4831 over the 180 ballistic tips, doesn't look too promising; minute of brontosaurus I suppose. The second load fired was h4350 and the same bullet, it would appear to have better potential in my rifle. I think I'll scout down that trail for awhile, it produced five shot groups in the 1 1/4" range, nice cluster, no vertical or horizontal stringing. The rifle, by the way, is straight out of the box with no tuning. It has the lawyer proof trigger that will need to be dealt with soon.

July 21, 2007, 08:30 AM	#2
Martyn4802 Senior Member Join Date: June 12, 2007 Location: Grayling, Michigan Posts: 737	Let us know how that 338 Monster shoots... __________________ US Army Retired NRA Benefactor Life Member JPFO

July 21, 2007, 11:32 AM	#3
oldscot3 Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2007 Location: texas Posts: 997	338lite The first load, using imr4831 over the 180 ballistic tips, doesn't look too promising; minute of brontosaurus I suppose. The second load fired was h4350 and the same bullet, it would appear to have better potential in my rifle. I think I'll scout down that trail for awhile, it produced five shot groups in the 1 1/4" range, nice cluster, no vertical or horizontal stringing. The rifle, by the way, is straight out of the box with no tuning. It has the lawyer proof trigger that will need to be dealt with soon.

July 20, 2007, 03:55 PM	#1
oldscot3 Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2007 Location: texas Posts: 997	338 lite Greetings gentlemen - As an introduction let me say I'm new to this forum but not new to reloading. I've been involved with this hobby for about twenty years and have loaded several domestic sporting cartridges for rifle and handgun as well as a variety of metric ammo for contract mausers I sometimes play with. Today I'm headed to the range to test a couple of 338WM loads I'm developing for a new Ruger #1. I'm looking for best accuracy with 180 and 200 grain Nosler BTs. Max velocity is not a goal in this case as I only wish to aproximate 30-06 class ballistics for use on medium game (whitetail, axis). This type of data (naturally)is sometimes hard to find in publications, I'll post results if any are interested. Pleasure to be here.