Quote Originally Posted by severnsider View Post
Hi again! Bullets are definitely 77gr regular SMK; brass is Remington and measures up as it should. Like you, I can find loads of references to 24gr with COL 2.260.
I have gone with 22.5gr and can just hear a slight crunching as I seat the bullet.
Perhaps I'm just nervous, but will see how they perform next week.
It is a mystery.

Quote Originally Posted by severnsider View Post
Have just also loaded 175gr TMK for the .308. Local component vendor says to bung in 44gr N140 and seat to 2.800 COL. No way........ That exceeds the published maximum and in any case the bullet won't go in with that much powder unless a lot of force is used. Perhaps my idea of a "compressed" load is rather less adventurous than some others, but I prefer not to have to hammer the bolt open after a shot.
OUCH

44gr of N140 was my standard long range load for 155gr SMKs (I'd use 41gr at 100 yards, 3MOA lower but softer on the shoulder). Interestingly the Viht online says that is too much. It was below the what sierra published in the loadall book I had. Don't shoot it any more.

For the 175s that looks way over. Perhaps they are thinking of the 155s?

Be safe