Hey guys - I looked on the Hodgdon website and got info on using Trailboss to make some reduced recoil 308 loads. I plan to load some up soon, and was wondering if anyone here has experience with reduced power loads using this powder.
If so, have you had better accuracy from your loads if you use the minimum recommended powder charge or something closer to the max load?
For 308 Win, Hogdon says that 10 gr of Trailboss with a 150gr Nosler bullet has a muzzle velocity of about 1176 fps. The max load of 14 gr of Trailboss has a muzzle velocity of 1417 fps.
I would like to get decent accuracy at 100 yards and under. Should I move towards the min load or the max load for the best accuracy? Would a faster load be more accurate due to the higher muzzle velocity (well above the speed of sound)?
Thanks.
If so, have you had better accuracy from your loads if you use the minimum recommended powder charge or something closer to the max load?
For 308 Win, Hogdon says that 10 gr of Trailboss with a 150gr Nosler bullet has a muzzle velocity of about 1176 fps. The max load of 14 gr of Trailboss has a muzzle velocity of 1417 fps.
I would like to get decent accuracy at 100 yards and under. Should I move towards the min load or the max load for the best accuracy? Would a faster load be more accurate due to the higher muzzle velocity (well above the speed of sound)?
Thanks.