Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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Tycer
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Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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Did not find one at the range today better than 3moa in the BLR.
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Re: Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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Try Reloader 7, or either 4198. Check your manuals, but I believe your start to max ranges run from 40 to perhaps 44.5 grains for all three powders. These are quick burners, so please proceed cautiously. This is a good deer bullet. I always feel empowered when using it, since the weight & initial velocity equal that of a 180 grain 30-06 load.
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Re: Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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Good information, thanks.

I sold the gun.......

Allen
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Re: Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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My .358 BLR did have a Leupold mini 4X in Millett rings until recently. It now sports a fiber optic front & Williams receiver sight setup. It amazes me how fast I can get on target now. My sightin is the same as always; zero at 150 yards.

With the bigger bullets, I use TAC & magnum primers exclusively. The best performers are Sie 225 & Nosler 225 Partition at 2500 fps, & Speer 250 (standard HotCore or Grand Slam) at 2400 fps.

You're not going to believe the wound channel & penetration of these larger bullets until you put one into something large & tough. I have never recovered a .358 bullet.
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Re: Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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hemiallen wrote:Good information, thanks.

I purchased a NIB 2006 Shotshow special sst / laminated grey stocked BLR in 358, and besides shooting a few in the dirt in the BY I haven't gotten her to a range. It will be iron sights, shooting some 180 RCBS cast's and a few other loads I made, just no time to get to the range and try her out.

Is yours scoped, if so I am interested in what combo mount/ scope you have and any other loads.

I may be able to go Sunday if the 9 yrds of cement pour Saturday doesn't kill me...

Allen
Well, I use a different scope for load development. I will vary the scope depending on where I'll hunt. I have a Leupold 3-9x40 Vari-X IIc for the more open stuff and a Tasco EXP 1.5-5 for under 200 and a Trijicon 1.25-4 for late evening deep woods. Joe sold me on the Leupold QRW rings over Weaver Grand Slam bases.
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Re: Anybody got a 358 Win load for 180 Speer?

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Here's some data with my 356 with 180gr speers.

H4198 42gr av vel 2580fps es 23 under an inch at 50yrds

RL7 42gr av vel 2475 es 58 1 3/4 at 50 yards

I never had good luck on accurracy with RL7 and higher velocity. Slow it down and RL7 is very accurate.
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