Looking for Load Data with h4895

[tonedaddy]

Did some testing with H4895 yesterday with the following results.


Gun-Nesika NXP Single Shot Bolt Action built by Gre-Tan rifles, 15" Krieger Barrel 1 in 8 twist, 6.5 Grendel


Temp 92


Brass AlexA(Lapua)


Bullet Hornady 140 Spire Point, touching 2.302, seated at 2.292


H4895-Rem 71/2 primer


25.5 gr 2066 fps


26.0 gr 2080 fps


26.5 gr 2098 fps


Al loads crunch the powder down but only a little bit.


Loads were not hot at all, primers were rounded.

[txgunner00]

I saw you intend to use these for steel silhouette. What ranges? The trajectory on this load will be awfully curved at distance. Not really a big deal if you are shooting at fixed distances but I'm curious if a flatter shooting load wouldn't serve you better.

[tonedaddy]

Out to 200 meters, thats why they make scopes adjustable.

[txgunner00]

Understood. That's easy enough for shooting inside 200 meters at known and fixed distances targets. My thoughts default to field situations where you most likely wont have the opportunity to get a 100% accurate range. In your situation I can see where the heavier bullet would be beneficial in knocking over the targets.