180 gr sst, rl15

[blarby]

As stated, trying out some 180 gr Hornady SST's and using RL15 in .308 Win.

Ooops.... Combo not in any of my load data. Happens sometimes.

Looks like 42.0 Grains should be fine, but anyone got a hornady load book that can reference this for me ?

 

[Certaindeaf]

Blarby, I cut and pasted this from Alliant's 2011 pdf. It's for .308


Speer 165 gr BTSP Reloder 17 Fed 210 Federal 2.8 50.0C 2739
Speer 165 gr TBBC Power Pro 2000MR Fed 210 Federal 2.8 49.2C 2830
Federal 165 gr Fusion Power Pro 2000MR Fed 210 Federal 2.7 51.0C 2910
Speer 168 gr BTHP Reloder 15 CCI 200 IMI 2.8 45.0 2710
Sierra 168 gr HPBT Power Pro 2000MR Fed 210 Federal 2.8 48.5C 2775
Sierra 175 gr HPBT Power Pro 2000MR Fed 210 Federal 2.8 47.7C 2720
Speer 180 gr SP Reloder 15 CCI 200 IMI 2.8 45.0C 2613
Speer 180 gr BTSP Reloder 17 Fed 210 Federal 2.8 48.7C 2641
Federal 180 gr Fusion Power Pro 2000MR Fed 210 Federal 2.7 48.5C 2760
Speer 200 gr SP Reloder 15 CCI 200 IMI 2.8 42.0 2416

 

[blarby]

TY ! , but.....

These SST's are just seating really long.....they are long !

I have plenty of .308 data, but nothing for this.

 

[blarby]

Well, I didn't blow myself up...so I guess its 42 next time !

Not too shabby in the groupings either.

 

[Pit4Brains]

Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading 8th ed.

RL-15 34.8gr=2000, 36.5gr=2100, 38.1gr=2200, 39.8gr=2300, (MAX LOAD 41.4 gr=2400)

C.O.L. is still an ave of 2.740
MIN C.O.L. is 2.730 for the round nose and the MAX C.O.L. is 2.800 for the A-MAX and the BTHP

The SST has a fairly above average B.C. of .480 compared to .530 (BTHP) and .241 (RN)

 

[blarby]

Thanks, Pit !