Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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I had been spoiled with 17gr VV N110 under the 125gr TNT's @ 2.1" OAL that I favor but of late I cant find the powder at any LGS within 100 miles. Load data is sparse, I got this load by word of mouth. I was getting very tight groups with single digit SD's shot from an 8.5" pistol. Anybody have a load they like with the TNT's that they'd care to share?
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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See if you can find any H110 or the near equivalent W296.

Then see if you can safely approach 18-19.0 grains from a good safe distance below that USING a long bullet seating depth like what you’re currently using.

This is my favorite blackout bullet. My AR load is 19.0 at that bullet depth.

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Guess no one else likes that bullet around here? I just ordered 2000 more for 13.5 cents each delivered.

It’s my preference for a couple of different calibers.
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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wildfowler wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:29 am Guess no one else likes that bullet around here? I just ordered 2000 more for 13.5 cents each delivered.

It’s my preference for a couple of different calibers.
I've probably loaded 5 times as many tnts for my blackouts as any other bullet most likely. I found my load with h110 in the same range you recommended and load it subsonic with trailboss as well. If I had to chose just one bullet for this cartridge, which would be tuff since variety is what makes this cartridge so awesome, the 125tnt would be it.
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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my load for the 125 gr. TNT is 18.3 grs. of H-110. in my opinion, the TNT is the best value in a hunting/plinking bullet suitable for the 300 Black Out . (super sonic)
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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I also settled on the 18.3 grains of H110 under the 125 TNT. Somewhere between 18.3 and 18.6 just plain works. I have also had good results with Alliant 300 MP. The 125 soft points from Sierra(#2120) are also nicely accurate. I scored a good quantity of RP 125 gr SP at a local shop that was selling off all manner of reloading stuff from a estate sale. The 18.3 gr H110 was the ticket there as well. :P
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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Isn't it interesting that most 125 grain projectiles work best at around 2.1 + or- .001 either way?
I think, in a correctly chambered barrel, this has proven time and again to be the sweet spot for multiple 125 grain bullets with a relatively normal ogive. I have found the 125 SMK (# 2121) to be the most forgiving and accurate of all 125 gr. bullets. Still, I load them around 2.11 something for the sweet spot.
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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I load my 125 tnts to 2.075..most accurate loads for me are
300-MP 17.7 grs
H110 18.1 grs
lil gun 18.2 grs
N110 17.0 grs
all with rem 71/2 primers

Lil gun runs hot and has low temp issues, 300MP is my favorite.
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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I have been using 18.2 gr of H110 and 2.100" OAL for a long time. I get 2250 fps from a 16" CMMG. As always you would want to work up to that. I have a KAK pistol barrel that is a little snug and this load is a tad hot for it.

I see others using much the same load.
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Re: Recipe for Speer 125gr TNT

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Nice to see some commonality in loads that work for many too.
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