300 and the 175smk questions

[Titleiiredneck]

Any way to get this combo out to about 600 yards? Right now i have a GAP rem 700 300 whisper with a 16.5" 1-9 mike rock bbl..

I have 1k of 175 smk's as well as 8 lbs of imr4895, red and blue dot as well as some h110 on hand as of now, any suggestions would be helpful on powder type to try out before i go and get a bunch..


thanks!

titleiiredneck

[320pf]

Titleiiredneck,

I have tried many different powders and bullet weights in the 300-221 fireball. My reloading results are posted here:

http://reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=135

The two best powders that I have found for bullets in the 175 to 180 g range are Hodgdon Lil'Gun and W296. With these two powders you should be able to push 175-180 grain bullets to 1800-1900

Here is a link to some ballistic gel test with 180 g bullets at ~1900 fps

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/docgkr/.../308AKmags.jpg

I hope this helps you with your reloading development

320pf

[Titleiiredneck]

thanks for the quick help!