300BlkTalk

It s either a poorly worded question or a trick question. Basically being unfamiliar with the cartridge. It’s impossible to have any kind of rule for loading this cartridge other than any load ca go sideways and ruin your day. At last count I have used over 30 powders and 100 bullets, probably more ...

Most ball powders seem to do better with magnum primers, but really will never know until you try. CFE is low enough pressure where you don’t have to worry about blowing a hole in the cup, so a non magnum primer may be fine. Then again I’ve been known to use a pistol primer where a standard small ri...

I can’t say what happened with the folks you dealt with or how they acquired the “extra meat”, but I will say before really trying to start a negative campaign against them to simply find out where the extra came from. I have had a couple of customers over years who commercially process game, farm r...

Do y'all not go back in these threads? lol I posted some recovered bullets about a month ago........I also posted load data...... Oh now that would be like looking for load data first instead of asking :mrgreen: I thought that one of these you posted this morning might have been the biggest one yet...

Hogkiller, how do you know it's working if you haven't recovered any bullets? It would interesting to hear some weights of the animals and some distances. Either you have some small kids or big hogs looking some of those photos. It's really nice seeing those results, thanks for taking the time to sh...

For the 85 T-Rex I would start at 21.5-22 grains of 296 with the bullet seated at the cannalure. After that it will depend on your sense of adventure and rifle.

Is there a source that gives the expansion fps for various bullets? If it's not advertised, then you have to call the manufacturer, If they won't or can't tell you, you have to test it yourself. There are some rules of thumb like most 308 bullets are 1800 fps, most 30-30 are 1600 fps, but you can't...

It’s not my favorite powder, but it is easy to work with and can be very accurate. The trick seems to be getting the bullet seated into the powder. Pressure is very low with this powder so don’t be afraid to work up to max loads quickly. The discouragement you will likely have in group size will sta...

I don’t know if you have seen this, the SAAMI spec for cartridge and chamber. If not it will help give your numbers meaning. http://www.dayattherange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Saami300AAC.jpg Note the headspace lengths compared to your Hornady case. Jump length is not a number to obsess over. M...

In general with supers it takes 10% more powder to get 10% less velocity, it can be accurate. For paper targets and steel that’s fine, for hunting it can be a problem if the bullet needs top end velocity to function correctly. For subs a bullet that can be loaded short and is accurate with a long ju...