.338 Federal and Hornady FTX?

Anyone seen any information on loading .338 Federal with the Hornady 200-grain FTX bullets?

I've looked all over. I contacted Hornady("We don't know, check with Hodgdon"), contacted Hodgdon("We don't have any information on that combination"), and checked every reloading forum I could find and get into, and nothing.

I'd wondered about that. The warning I'd heard is "Due to it seating deeper you can't use the same data as standard spitzers or boattails."

Could find a few people saying "I used it with 'X' powder with success!", but zero actual information as to charges.

So at this point looks like 'start with minimum load' and see how it goes. But I do wish there was some 'official' data out there(yeah, I'm chicken that way).

And thanks

I had an idea, and contacted Lyman* and asked if they might have any information worked up for the next edition of their manual. They responded
"We do have data in our 49th Edition Reloading book, but not for that exact bullet. We used a Speer 200 grain jacketed soft point. You can use this data for the Hornady Bullet as long as you begin with the start charge and work up the load. You may also have to tailor the OAL a bit but you shouldn't have any issues. "

Nice to hear. So, it's experiment time, starting at the minimum.


*considering the manual on the shelf behind me, no idea why I didn't think of it earlier