duckcommanderfinstr
02-27-2010, 04:45 PM
I offered to help a friend out by reloading 303 Savage brass for his old '99. Boy, not much info on this old cartridge! I did manage to buy a new set of Hornady dies and some 170 gr interlock flat nose bullets.
He gave me 100 pcs of once fired Norma brass, correctly headstamped for the .303 Savage. -Nice stuff.
It's a .308 bore, 1 in 12 twist.
I would like to use Hodgden powder but the only load I can find uses the Win 748 powder.
I've also noticed that the Win 30-30 is very similar in case dimensions and loading and I was wondering if I could use a 30-30 load in the 303 Savage case as there's lots of load info for a 30-30 using Varget, H 4831 etc....
But I can't find the SAAMI pressure limits for the 303. Makes me just a little nervous not knowing what pressures to run at.
Any info is greatly appreciated.
He gave me 100 pcs of once fired Norma brass, correctly headstamped for the .303 Savage. -Nice stuff.
It's a .308 bore, 1 in 12 twist.
I would like to use Hodgden powder but the only load I can find uses the Win 748 powder.
I've also noticed that the Win 30-30 is very similar in case dimensions and loading and I was wondering if I could use a 30-30 load in the 303 Savage case as there's lots of load info for a 30-30 using Varget, H 4831 etc....
But I can't find the SAAMI pressure limits for the 303. Makes me just a little nervous not knowing what pressures to run at.
Any info is greatly appreciated.