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300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

SFree

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Have a buddy in the Highlands Tejas area doin some load workup on his 700P 300 WM with Re 25 and 208 Amax boolits.
Anyone have any data I could pass along to him since I'm in the Ozarks? Re 22 better choice?
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

H1000 or IMR4350 would be better choices. But understand if he already has the RE25. I think that powder may be a little slow for his purposes.
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shoot4fun</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> H1000 or IMR4350 would be better choices. But understand if he already has the RE25. I think that powder may be a little slow for his purposes.</div></div>

+1

H1000 H4350 IMR4350 R22 are better choices for the 300WM.
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

215M or other magnum primers necessary? He's also trying 210M's but they may be too light...
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

I tried and am using RL-25 with the 208 in my .300 WM Target rifle. I'm at 74.4 grains and am getting 2890 fps.

With all the talk of H-1000 and velocities closer to 3000, I may try it when the RL runs out.
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SFree</div><div class="ubbcode-body">215M or other magnum primers necessary? He's also trying 210M's but they may be too light... </div></div>

I would definitely use a magnum primer with that slow a powder.
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

a friend of mine just got his 300wm and is using the 208 amax but with r22.. should he be trying r25 instead?
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

I'm running 72.9 r22 with same rifle (HOT) and bullet. I am at 2950. H1000 is my hunting stuff with210 vlds. My 700 p loves r22, only reason I shoot it. If he goes r22 tell him to get a bunch with same Lot # ofcourse. I recently shot a 10" group on target @ 1202 yards with my police and 208 amax. It's g1 bc is dead on. My recipe is 72.9 r22. Rp brass, wlrm, 208 amax at 3.602" coal. (25/1000") off lands. I warn you do NOT load this as start. It's so far beyond hot if SAMMI was a person his head would explode. Start low build up
 
Re: 300 WM- Re 25 & 208 Amax?

Win brass, 215M, 75gr of RL-25 made one hole group at one hundred yards, did this looking for a good group no other data. Went back to 200gr bullets...