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Message started by Brian S on Mar 6th, 2013 at 10:00pm

Title: Reloading 170 gr FN?
Post by Brian S on Mar 6th, 2013 at 10:00pm
I am new to the forum having just recently found it.  What a great resource!

I have an 1898 Krag that was sporterized a long time ago, I bought it about 15-20 years ago.  I have shot nothing but Winchester factory 180 gr spitzers through it.  I am wanting to reload for it, and want to load it down just a bit.  I would like to use Winchester 748 powder, as that is what I reload my .30-30 and .45-70 with, don't want too many powders around.

I also would like to load it with 170 gr flat nose bullets (.30-30 type) mainly because I want to limit velocity to about 2100 fps to take it easy on the old girl, but still be good as a deer rifle.

Does anyone have a load or a resource that gives data for reloading with W748 and 170 gr bullets?  Any info with the 748 powder would be great, I can reduce it a little if anyone loads a 165 gr bullet.  I found a site (referenced by someone here) that shows a starting powder charge of 32 gr of 748 for 165-168 gr, thought I may start there.

Thanks

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