356 Win and hornady gummy point

[iceman]

My local Hornady dealer is getting the new Hornady gummy point bullets in next week. I am thinking of trying them out. I have had good luck with IMR 4320 and 200 gr Hornady round nose. Has anybody tried IMR 4895 with the 356? I had good luck in 308 with 165 grain bullets and also in my old 35 Whelan with 225 grain Sierras. Since I am thinking also of getting a 308 in a mod 99 sometime this year I thought maybe 4895 would be sort of a dual purpose powder. Any comments would be appreciated.Not asking for loads, I can do that.just experience with it in 356 or even 358. Thanks

[C. Cash]

Iceman,

I've tried IMR 4350, IMR 4320, H322 and H4895. H4895 was the most accurate with 200 Grain Bullets(cast bullets which should be in 2000-2100 fps range). I think it is just about the ideal powder for this cartridge, based on my own experience and Slim Iorg's load work.

[BenT]

Just started reloading the 356 this last fall. I had plenty of factory ammo. I will probably buy some gummy tips for load developement. I found a box of 180fp speers cheap at a hardware store so this is what I started with.

So far I tried H4198 with the 180fp and got 1 in groups at 50 yards with a av vel of 2580fps and extreme spread of 23 fps. But this summer I plan on trying H4895 , RL7 , and H322. I've always had good luck with H4895 in medium size cases . In th 32 special it works better than anything else I've tried.

[iceman]

Thanks for the replies. I sort of thought 4985 (H or IMR) would work fairly well. May not be the fastest, but with a 200 grain bullet who cares under normal ranges. I will bring an empty case and a dummy round to see how they will work out for oal. They look pretty pointy in the photos. Time will tell.

[TedH]

I've had good luck with AA 2015 in my ER with the 220 Speer.