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IMR 4895 20" barrel

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tikka T3x Tactical 308 20" 1:11
Minuteman
Aug 19, 2019
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LA
I have a tikka t3 tactical with a 20" barrel. Is IMR4895 considered a good/decent powder for my barrel length?

I've seen burn rate charts in the past but I've never seen one that would specify which powder "may" perform best in a certain barrel length. I'm not sure if one exist but if it does that would also be cool if you'd forward it to me.

.308 cartridge and I currently have 155 Amax and 155 Eld bullets
 
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I have very little experience loading 308 but yes you are in the correct burn rate range.
Thank you. I usually run with Benchmark and H4895 and had great results with both shooting 168 and 178. I usually can get .30" 5 shot group off a bipod and squeeze bag @100y. They both perform well out to 600y. I'm out of both powders and I had the IMR I been sitting on for a while now. Guess I'll work on a 155g load!