Fastest burning powder for 308 rifle?

[Big Blue]

I have a New England Handi Rifle 308 22 inch barrel 1-12 twist. I need to no what will be the most accurate fast burning powder for this rifle and best load for 150 grain bullet?

 

[Model70Man]

I would let the rifle tell you which powder and bullet combination shoots the best.

I have found that Varget is pretty tough to beat out of a 308.

Why do you want a fast burning powder?

 

[mr.big]

RL15 is my favorite 08 powder,,

H322 is fast as I`ve used ,,unless you count Trailboss

 

[Big Blue]

To answer your question on why I need a faster burning powder is that it's a short barrel 22 inches long.

 

[statelineRUT]

I will tell you this having owned 2 Handis. They do not like the high end on the load range. Got to the following website and ask the Handiholics. Great info there. All you ever want to know about the Handi Rifle.

http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php

 

[Cull Buck Hunter]

Varget is a great 308 powder.

 

[mr.big]

22 inches aint short for a 308,,I LOVE the 20 inch Model 7

 

[Model70Man]

22 inches aint short for a 308,,I LOVE the 20 inch Model 7

Agree.

I love the 20" Browning A-bolt Micro. :grin:

 

[Plateau Hunter]

I like IMR 3031 in the .308. It is one of the faster powders for the .308. One of my all time favorite loads is 44.0/IMR3031/150g. This is a max load in most manuals so approach from below. That load works well in my bolt rifles but it might be a little stiff for the handi. Plateau Hunter

 

[Kimberman]

RE 15, Varget, IMR 4064, Win 748 are my favorite powders out of a 308. A 22" barrel is not short for a 308, actually about average.

 

[mr.big]

748 and the 125 NBT is a smoker

 

[Kimberman]

748 and the 125 NBT is a smoker

Yep, I loaded some 130 gr TTSX with not even a max load of 748 and got 3100 FPS out of it. I'm very close to 3000 FPS with a 150 gr Interbond with a max load of 748.

 

[mr.big]

when I had the 26 invh 700VSSF I was gettin 3200+ with the 130 TNT and a compressed load,,I forget I think it was around 50 grs,,but it would shoot one hole,,just cost too much to shoot,,traded for the 204,,

 

[Whelen Man]

RL15 and W748 have worked best in my 20 inch barrelled Rem 700. Incidentally the factory Hornady 165 Light Magnum load has been hard to beat reloading.

 

[TN deer hunter]

RL15, Varget and W748

 

[firefox]

You asked for fastest burning...all the above mentioned powders are medium burning. The fastest burning for the 150gr bullet I would use for a 20 inch barreled rifle is Hodgdon 4198 or Reloader 7...recoil will be nearly nothing...muzzle blast will be severe and nearly all the charge will be burnt inside the barrel.

 

[vonb]

With a 150gr bullet, you might try Benchmark.