Powder for 60 grain Vmax ??

Gman757

Gman757

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A recent upper build I put together shot the 60 grain Black Hills Vmax (red box) best out of the stuff I tested. There is no telling when I will be able to find any so I have a friend that is going to reload some for me.

I found 600 rounds of bullets online and he is going to sell me some brass and primers at replacement cost. I used the search engine for reloading info and 3 powders seemed to get mentioned the most....H335, Varget, and Benchmark.

He has some H335 and Varget powder but no Benchmark. It seems that Benchmark got pretty high marks from the threads I read so I would like to try some.

Anybody know where I might locate some Benchmark and if there are any other powders that might make for an accurate load for the 60 grain Vmax?

***** Upper is .223 caliber / 16" Walther LW50 stainless barrel / 8 twist / Wylde chamber/ mid length gas tube *****

 
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I'm still very fond of good ole Win 748 myself. The O.P. never really said what caliber, but with the word "Upper" in the post, I figure it's a .223. A lot of people are having trouble finding Win 748 right now, but as luck would have it one of my LGS has pounds and pounds of it for regular price right now... Or should I say "For right now anyway, until it all gets grabbed up".

Edit... I see the caliber post on the bottom, I thought that was just a signature line when I first read the post.
 
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You should be alright with about 25gr of H335. Varget is pretty mild for that cartridge/bullet combo. I ran some data on quickload, and you should be able to get around 2900-2950fps with the 60 grainers using 25.0-25.5grs of H335.
 

Hey....thanks for the feedback. I found this at another website.

I am finding a few of these available but mostly in 8 lbs quantity.


60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon CFE 223 .224" 2.250" 25.0 3007 46,000 PSI 26.7 3176 53,400 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon Varget .224" 2.250" 25.0 2924 40,400 CUP 27.0C 3159 51,900 CUP
60 GR. HDY V-MAX IMR IMR 4320 .224" 2.250" 23.7 2860 45,400 PSI 25.3C 3006 52,100 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX IMR IMR 4064 .224" 2.250" 23.0 2837 42,500 PSI 24.7C 3055 52,600 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon BL-C(2) .224" 2.250" 25.0 2948 44,900 CUP 27.0 3137 51,900 CUP
60 GR. HDY V-MAX IMR IMR 4895 .224" 2.250" 23.7 2884 45,000 PSI 25.2C 3052 52,700 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon H335 .224" 2.250" 22.5 2910 43,700 CUP 24.0 3075 50,600 CUP
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon H4895 .224" 2.250" 24.0 2918 37,600 CUP 26.0C 3174 50,100 CUP
60 GR. HDY V-MAX IMR IMR 8208 XBR .224" 2.250" 21.5 2857 43,500 PSI 23.6 3057 51,700 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX IMR IMR 3031 .224" 2.250" 21.0 2815 42,500 PSI 22.5 3008 51,700 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon Benchmark .224" 2.250" 23.0 2913 42,500 CUP 24.6 3086 49,900 CUP
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon H322 .224" 2.250" 22.0 2873 40,300 CUP 23.5 3063 49,800 CUP
60 GR. HDY V-MAX IMR IMR 4198 .224" 2.250" 18.3 2795 42,500 PSI 19.5 2945 52,000 PSI
60 GR. HDY V-MAX Hodgdon H4198 .224" 2.250" 18.0 2747 42,500 CUP 20.0 2953 47,600 CUP
 
For those that are using 8208 with the 60 Vmax, how much powder are you using? I'm finding conflicting and pretty different suggested start/max loads.
 
Originally Posted By: Redleg84For those that are using 8208 with the 60 Vmax, how much powder are you using? I'm finding conflicting and pretty different suggested start/max loads.



Hornady's 8th Edition says:

60gr V-Max, IMR-8208xbr

23.0gr Start


25.3gr MAX.
 
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