The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - why not.... ? Reduced loads for 300 H&H ?

Saguaro 66 · May 9, 2018, 11:13 AM

First of all, thank you gentleman for your input and opinions.

I'm no expert at hand loading but hey.... we all here want to learn more of it and share our personal experiences.
I'm over fifty and I do understand than hand loading is a serious business "per se" and reduced loads are even riskier.

Here in Europe --and also in Africa-- hunters have been successfully using reduced loads for long time due to ammo high prices.
If a single factory .308 cartridge can cost 2.50 USD to 4.50 USD a reduced hand load can cost as much as 15 cents

German bullet company H&N Sport makes good cheap soft bullets specially made to use with reduced loads. 500 bullets cost about 60 USD.
https://www.hn-sport.de/en/reloading/tc-308-165-gr-hs

https://www.reload-swiss.com/en/relo...en_1/index.php

There are lots published and contrasted data about reduced loads for .308 Win. with H&N bullets and I have made and shot hundreds of them.

http://www.lhs-germany.de/uploads/me...en_2010_01.pdf

In -308 Win R.L I never used filling, just 7gr to 13 gr of Vectan Ba9 --9mm powder-- a magnum primer and a slightly bigger flash hole. With a soft H&N 165 gr.
R.L's. with the Tikka T3 accuracy is impressive.

The only powders available here are Vihtavuori, Vectan and Reload Swiss.
I'd love to have some Red Dot or Trail Boss but that is not the case.

So... I was wondering if reduced loads can be safely made and shot for the .308 Win can the same be done in a bigger case like the 300 H&H ??

May 9, 2018, 11:13 AM	#10
Saguaro 66 Member Join Date: March 25, 2018 Location: Iberian Peninsula Posts: 45	First of all, thank you gentleman for your input and opinions. I'm no expert at hand loading but hey.... we all here want to learn more of it and share our personal experiences. I'm over fifty and I do understand than hand loading is a serious business "per se" and reduced loads are even riskier. Here in Europe --and also in Africa-- hunters have been successfully using reduced loads for long time due to ammo high prices. If a single factory .308 cartridge can cost 2.50 USD to 4.50 USD a reduced hand load can cost as much as 15 cents German bullet company H&N Sport makes good cheap soft bullets specially made to use with reduced loads. 500 bullets cost about 60 USD. https://www.hn-sport.de/en/reloading/tc-308-165-gr-hs https://www.reload-swiss.com/en/relo...en_1/index.php There are lots published and contrasted data about reduced loads for .308 Win. with H&N bullets and I have made and shot hundreds of them. http://www.lhs-germany.de/uploads/me...en_2010_01.pdf In -308 Win R.L I never used filling, just 7gr to 13 gr of Vectan Ba9 --9mm powder-- a magnum primer and a slightly bigger flash hole. With a soft H&N 165 gr. R.L's. with the Tikka T3 accuracy is impressive. The only powders available here are Vihtavuori, Vectan and Reload Swiss. I'd love to have some Red Dot or Trail Boss but that is not the case. So... I was wondering if reduced loads can be safely made and shot for the .308 Win can the same be done in a bigger case like the 300 H&H ?? Last edited by Saguaro 66; May 9, 2018 at 01:56 PM.