110 grain Speer TNT Loads for 7mm08

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Does anyone have any load data for a 110 grain Speer TNT in a 7mm08? I want to try this bullet for varmints but I only have this years Hodgdon manual. Looking for input on; powder, charge, primer and COL. I'll be using win cases and a rem 700 sps.

And of course, I would be interested in external and terminal ballistics.
 
If you email Speer, they should be able to give you recommendations.

You can certainly use www.hodgdon.com data for the next heavier bullet to give a safe starting load with the 110gr TNT.
There are some very good powders that will give top velocities, and hopefully, good accuracy as you work up your loads.



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Also, I've gotten excellent accuracy and velocity with RL15.

Start at 41.0gr - 2,825fps
max. 45.5gr -3,150

You can also use the 115gr and 120gr data. Velocity and pressures will vary more with bullet type than between the difference between 110 and 115gr bullets.
 
I should have given you www.alliantpowder.com, because as GooseGestapo mentioned, Rel-15 is a great powder in the 7mm08.
Alliant's site lists 48gr as a maximum using Rel-15 and the 110gr Speer HP at 3238fps, just be cautious working up.
They also show their new powder, 2000MR, which might still be hard to find.
Drop 10% for start loads.



NCsmitty
 
Plugging 110 gr bullets into the equations, Powley’s internal ballistic calculation confirm that powders in the speed range of RL15 would be ideal. (Theory meets practice. See below.). That means powders like N540 and H380 would also be appropriate.

If those don’t suit, try slightly faster powders like those in the range of Varget and 4064, or slightly slower like H414 and N150. Somewhere in there you should find handloading nirvana.

Regarding seating depth. 110 gr bullets are short, but I think you’ll be able to seat to 2.800” while still maintaining a seating depth of at least one caliber, i.e. 0.284”, or close to it. How short is the Speer TNT? I'm assuming just a hair over one inch.

External ballistics will be okay but not great. That bullet is just to light and stubby to really shine. Nature of the beast. If you zero 2” high at 100 yards you’ll be less than 2” low at 250, 12” at 350, and 20” at 400. At least, according to one ballistic model (YMMV).

Terminal ballistics on small varmints, with that bullet, at those velocities, should be explosive. I doubt you’ll ever recover identifiable fragments. Either of bullet, or the target animal. :rolleyes:
 
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Thanks for the advice averyone. Kernel, I haven't got the bullets yet so I don't know how long they are. But I will seat them as close to 2.800 as I can, while still being .284 deep. The BC for the bullet is .338 which is pretty outstang for a flat based light-for-caliber bullet.
 
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