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Fellow handloaders,
a good buddy of mines grandfather passed and left him some .308 150gr winchester silvertips (original silvertips,NOT ballistic silvertips) of which he gave to me knowing i am a handloader and figured i could use them. i am a long time hunter as is my friend, his grandfather and dad started him hunting as a boy and as his friend in good spirit and sportsmanship i would like to load these for him so that a piece of his grandfather can be with him when he hunts. i am loading them mainly in .308 winchester. i can load them for 30-06 sprg. too. my question is: i cannot find any load data on these bullets in particular. mainly COL is what i am most concered about. they have two cannelures on them and i figured i would seat them in between? any advice would be much appreciated.
so far this is what i have for 308win
.308 win silvertip
federal LR primer
46GR BLC-2
COL: 2.610"
^^this COL was achieved by seating the bullets in between the cannelures. i just dont want an over pressure
a good buddy of mines grandfather passed and left him some .308 150gr winchester silvertips (original silvertips,NOT ballistic silvertips) of which he gave to me knowing i am a handloader and figured i could use them. i am a long time hunter as is my friend, his grandfather and dad started him hunting as a boy and as his friend in good spirit and sportsmanship i would like to load these for him so that a piece of his grandfather can be with him when he hunts. i am loading them mainly in .308 winchester. i can load them for 30-06 sprg. too. my question is: i cannot find any load data on these bullets in particular. mainly COL is what i am most concered about. they have two cannelures on them and i figured i would seat them in between? any advice would be much appreciated.
so far this is what i have for 308win
.308 win silvertip
federal LR primer
46GR BLC-2
COL: 2.610"
^^this COL was achieved by seating the bullets in between the cannelures. i just dont want an over pressure