Powder for 375 Ruger 270 Barnes LRX

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Just wanted to update everyone. My final load arrived to the following which lines up with the CDS dial I had existing in my scope. For some reason it’s a 185 ttsx for a 338 federal at 2810 fps but it lines up perfectly out to 363 yards. I’ve attached photos of the chrono and groups at 100 and 363 yards. This will be my one bullet gun for Africa for everything up to cape buffalo

83 grains rl16 2.425” coal. hornady brass. Wolf lrm primer. 1/2”-3/4” groups. 2760 fps

 

[Pasme]

I use RL17. Good accuracy with good velocity.

 

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What’s your velocity?

 

[Viral_SIGness]

RL17 is the best powder for the .375 Ruger, hands down, not even close. I cant find anymore, so Im shooting Win760 now. But with RL17, I got a 300 grain all the way to 2700 with no sticky bolt, and no flattened primers. I backed it back down to 2595. My extreme spread was 3 fps.

 

[generalzip]

RL17 is the best powder for the .375 Ruger, hands down, not even close. I cant find anymore, so Im shooting Win760 now. But with RL17, I got a 300 grain all the way to 2700 with no sticky bolt, and no flattened primers. I backed it back down to 2595. My extreme spread was 3 fps.

It’s very temp sensitive especially compared to rl16 and varget which is why it doesn’t interest me much. I hunt from 30 degrees to 100. My load with the 279 has absolutely 0 pressure signs. I could push it to probably 2850-3000 but I have no interest given the recoil and groups I’m getting now.