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RobFMJ · 06-15-2008, 10:39 AM

Welp, I figure its high time I got to making up a load for my new Icon .308's intended purpose, and I view this as a chance to add yet another powder to my collection. Since I got the rifle, I've been using IMR 4895, which has served me well (sub-MOA at 200 yards), but its reputation for temperature sensitivity has me thinking a different powder might be a better choice for hunting, as I imagine a load developed in our wonderful Texas almost-100º heat probably wont be quite the same in an Arkansas winter. What powders are yall using for your .308's for 150 gr. bullets?

fredj338 · 06-15-2008, 03:23 PM

I think yuo are fine w/ 4895. If you just want something diff. try RL15 or VV140 under a 150gr bullet for a hunting load.

WyoXD · 06-16-2008, 04:38 AM

RL15 has always served me well with 150's.

ichy_trigger · 06-16-2008, 05:36 AM

4895 has always served me well.

M1A Shooter · 06-16-2008, 07:41 AM

I have used 4895 and RE-15. I've hunted from Mexico all the way up to Alaska. Never a problem.

RobFMJ · 07-30-2008, 02:37 PM

Well, kinda random bringing this back up, but I tried a pound of Varget, and couldnt be happier...

A 45.5 gr. charge under a 150 gr. Hornady SST gave me a barely-over 1" group at 300 yards

06-15-2008, 10:39 AM	#1
RobFMJ XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas Posts: 1,772	.308 Powders for hunting loads Welp, I figure its high time I got to making up a load for my new Icon .308's intended purpose, and I view this as a chance to add yet another powder to my collection. Since I got the rifle, I've been using IMR 4895, which has served me well (sub-MOA at 200 yards), but its reputation for temperature sensitivity has me thinking a different powder might be a better choice for hunting, as I imagine a load developed in our wonderful Texas almost-100º heat probably wont be quite the same in an Arkansas winter. What powders are yall using for your .308's for 150 gr. bullets? __________________ Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

06-15-2008, 03:23 PM	#2
fredj338 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,139	I think yuo are fine w/ 4895. If you just want something diff. try RL15 or VV140 under a 150gr bullet for a hunting load. __________________ EVERY GOOD SHOOTER SHOULD BE A HANDLOADER!

06-16-2008, 04:38 AM	#3
WyoXD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Laramie, Wy Posts: 243	RL15 has always served me well with 150's. __________________ XD 9 Service T/C Encore Pistol--.308 & .223 Remington 700 VSSF .22-250 Rock River Arms AR15 Mossberg 835 12 GA. Taurus 689 .357 Mag Colt Frontier Scout .22lr Ruger 10/22 Ruger 22/45 (mark 2)

06-16-2008, 05:36 AM	#4
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,413	4895 has always served me well. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

06-16-2008, 07:41 AM	#5
M1A Shooter XDTalk Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chesterfield, Va. Posts: 64	I have used 4895 and RE-15. I've hunted from Mexico all the way up to Alaska. Never a problem. __________________ XD45acp 4" Service Springfield M1A

07-30-2008, 02:37 PM	#6
RobFMJ XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas Posts: 1,772	Well, kinda random bringing this back up, but I tried a pound of Varget, and couldnt be happier... A 45.5 gr. charge under a 150 gr. Hornady SST gave me a barely-over 1" group at 300 yards __________________ Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

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