Hornady 125 Grain 308

[Totosdad]

Just picked up a box of Hornady 125 Gn. in 308
They are Hollow point's Catalog #30192
My Hornady manual has no load data for this bullet,

can someone give me a place to start as far as
powder and weight, don't want maximum
I want to start out low and work up.

Rifle is a Savage 110 Tactical

Thanks

[Robinhood]

What powders do you have dad?

[Totosdad]

RL 15, 1200R, Varmint, IMR 3031, IMR 4198, IMR 4064, IMR 8208XBR, N130,N133, BENCHMARK,CFE223, H335, H4895, VARGET

[Ted_Feasel]

Just picked up a box of Hornady 125 Gn. in 308
They are Hollow point's Catalog #30192
My Hornady manual has no load data for this bullet,

can someone give me a place to start as far as
powder and weight, don't want maximum
I want to start out low and work up.

Rifle is a Savage 110 Tactical

ThanksYou can probably use this data i would think.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201231/323620b33de8dc4a7835fd4de24d9979.jpg

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[Totosdad]

Thanks. Going to start low

[Ted_Feasel]

Thanks. Going to start lowYep , always a.good idea:)

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[Robinhood]

You have a bunch of good powders. r15 h335 imr4064. Somewhere around 2900 fps.

[geezerhood]

There might be some useful information from Hodgdon. They don't list the bullet you are using but they do list a bunch of powders with two other 125 grain bullets.

http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle

[CFJunkie]

According to QuickLOAD

For a 24 inch barrel with O.A.L. of 2.800 and trim length of 2.005
Here is some comparative data for RL-15, IMR4064 and H4895.
The first two are temperature sensitive so I provided data for 40 deg. F and 70 deg. F.
H4895 is temperature insensitive (less than 8 fps change from 0 to 125 deg F)
The 30 degree difference in temperature should be able to cover most of the US during the afternoon hours.
The changes are practically linear so you can adapt the fps for temperatures that are colder or warmer.
All of these loads are well under the 62,000 psi SAAMI Pmax for a .308 Winchester cartridge.

Hornady 125 gr HP #30192
RL-15 40 deg. F. --------------- RL-15 70 deg. F.
46 gr = 2,764 fps 36,520 psi -- 2,820 fps, 38,742 psi
48 gr = 2,888 fps 41,551 psi -- 2,944 fps, 44,024 psi
50 gr = 3,013 fps 47,242 psi -- 3,069 fps, 50,062 psi

IMR4064 40 deg. F. ------------ IMR4064 70 deg F.
44 gr = 2,688 fps, 35,581 psi -- 2,739 fps, 37569 psi
46 gr = 2,810 fps, 40,502 psi -- 2,862 fps, 42,728 psi
48 gr = 2,933 fps, 46,061 psi -- 2,984 fps, 48,605 psi

H4895 -
44 gr = 2,880 fps, 38,656 psi
46 gr = 2,932 fps, 43,912 psi
48 gr = 3,056 fps, 49,892 psi

[Totosdad]

Thank's CF Junkie, this helps a lot

[big honkin jeep]

If you want something really pleasant to shoot and economical on powder, Hodgdon youth load data for a 125gr using H4895 has a huge velocity window.
For the .308 and H4895 they use a formula that lists up to a 60% reduction of a Hodgdon maximum listed charge as safe. ( for H4895 only)
I use 38gr H4895 and 125SSTs for the grandkids neices and nephews as a hunting load. More than the minimum using the reduced load formula, but plenty to get the job done on a deer. One of my nephews took a really nice buck last January on his first ever hunt with one of these loads. The kids will also shoot up 50 rounds of .308 at the range and ask for more.
I've gotten to where I enjoy shooting reduced H4895 and light bullet loads myself because of the reduction in noise, muzzle blast, recoil and powder consumption.
Just thought I'd put it out there in case you're interested.
BHJ

[GaCop]

Back in the mid 80s I loaded 125 grain SPs for my son's 30-30 Marlin. Was a soft recoiling load he could handle well. Loaded one in chamber, one in mag only and that worked fine for him for a couple of years until he graduated up to a 243 bolt action.

[charlie b]

If you ever want some light loads look up some of these:

http://www.gmdr.com/lever/lowveldata.htm

I use the .30-30 data in my .308win and it tracks nicely. I like 7-8gn Blue Dot and a 165gn bullet. Some can be fairly accurate, as in MOA or less at 100yd. If you get good at it you can 'lob' rounds to some decent ranges. It is kinda fun to shoot a ram target at 300yd with something that recoils like a .22lr.

Yes, this is all cast data, but, I have put jacketed rounds through the pipe with these same loads and most do just as well. Just have to be aware of stability issues and use shorter bullets.

[Totosdad]

If you want something really pleasant to shoot and economical on powder, Hodgdon youth load data for a 125gr using H4895 has a huge velocity window.
For the .308 and H4895 they use a formula that lists up to a 60% reduction of a Hodgdon maximum listed charge as safe. ( for H4895 only)
I use 38gr H4895 and 125SSTs for the grandkids neices and nephews as a hunting load. More than the minimum using the reduced load formula, but plenty to get the job done on a deer. One of my nephews took a really nice buck last January on his first ever hunt with one of these loads. The kids will also shoot up 50 rounds of .308 at the range and ask for more.
I've gotten to where I enjoy shooting reduced H4895 and light bullet loads myself because of the reduction in noise, muzzle blast, recoil and powder consumption.
Just thought I'd put it out there in case you're interested.
BHJ
Thank's, I found a reduced load of 25 grains of 4198, best 3 round group I had out of 5 different loads, can't remember where I got it from..........just getting old I guess...lol