db_tanker
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I am gearing up for a new TC barrel....25-35 15" custom shop and was hoping for some help on good powders to use for it.
I will be using mostly reformed 30-30 brass and jacketed bullets at first. Powder usage will be mostly with 4198, 5744 perhaps, and some 3031 if I can remember to get a can or two of it. Once I get a jacketed load nailed down, I will jump onto the CB's with some Unique and blue-dot loads.
Now here is where the hard part begins...what is the upper limit to this cartridge in a relatively stronger case than it was originally chambered for? I don't expect a 25-06, but heck I am pretty sure that I can get fairly close to the factory specs on the old 117 gr. sp...it shows at 2230 fps and 1292 ft lbs energy at the muzzle. I am not looking for a hot-rod, mind you. Besides, if it turns out that the cartridge can only give me about 2200 fps with the 117, that will be fine, too. I can always play with it until I am ready for somthing diffrent and get it re-chambered for the 25-35 AI.
I will be using mostly reformed 30-30 brass and jacketed bullets at first. Powder usage will be mostly with 4198, 5744 perhaps, and some 3031 if I can remember to get a can or two of it. Once I get a jacketed load nailed down, I will jump onto the CB's with some Unique and blue-dot loads.
Now here is where the hard part begins...what is the upper limit to this cartridge in a relatively stronger case than it was originally chambered for? I don't expect a 25-06, but heck I am pretty sure that I can get fairly close to the factory specs on the old 117 gr. sp...it shows at 2230 fps and 1292 ft lbs energy at the muzzle. I am not looking for a hot-rod, mind you. Besides, if it turns out that the cartridge can only give me about 2200 fps with the 117, that will be fine, too. I can always play with it until I am ready for somthing diffrent and get it re-chambered for the 25-35 AI.