New Gun came home with ME!!!!

[keystonecop]

Ruger American in .300 Blackout. Now all I have to do is find some H110, or W296. But the way it looks I will be able to find Chicken Teeth before I can find those powders. I even bought factory ammo to use and I ain't bought factory hunting ammo in a LONG time. If anybody is interested Academy in Memphis had 1 more as of yesterday.

 

[Deer Assassin]

congrats on you new gun

 

[utkjsilver]

There is a good bit of load data for 4198 with both subs and supers.

 

[Hunter 257W]

I have bought factory ammo several times over the years to get brass when empty brass wasn't easily available, so don't feel bad.

I know how it is. Sometimes you are just looking around and a gun jumps on you and follows you home. Not much you can do about it but feed it and let it hang around! That should be fun to shoot with the low recoil but I'd personally load it more as if it were a 7.62x39 myself rather than the super heavy bullets going subsonic. For hunting loads that is. For plinking, I'd try them all. I just don't trust bullets to expand well enough for a humane kill when launched at subsonic speeds.

 

[Deer Assassin]

I just don't trust bullets to expand well enough for a humane kill when launched at subsonic speeds.

thats why you neck shoot them 50 yds no issues


i have never understood the fascination with the 300 black out in a bolt action there is absolutely no point in it, other than the cool factor of the round. My good friend built a 300 whisper years and years ago and regrets it. Max power it is a 30/30 give or take a lil and as far as subsonic goes with trail boss you can load 308 to sub sonic no problem

youd be just as good with a 308 suppressed full power loads or subsonics

 

[ttf909]

Ruger American in .300 Blackout. Now all I have to do is find some H110, or W296. But the way it looks I will be able to find Chicken Teeth before I can find those powders. I even bought factory ammo to use and I ain't bought factory hunting ammo in a LONG time. If anybody is interested Academy in Memphis had 1 more as of yesterday.

https://reloadingunlimited.com/ check here

 

[waterfowlwidowmaker]

youd be just as good with a 308 suppressed full power loads or subsonics

While I don't fully disagree, the difference is that there aren't many factory rifles out there chambered in 308 that have a fast enough twist to shoot 208-240gr bullets below the speed of sound, like the 300blk rifles can.

 

[rem270]

congrats

 

[Hunter 257W]

youd be just as good with a 308 suppressed full power loads or subsonics

While I don't fully disagree, the difference is that there aren't many factory rifles out there chambered in 308 that have a fast enough twist to shoot 208-240gr bullets below the speed of sound, like the 300blk rifles can.

True. Several of these newer long range cartridges fit into the same category. The cartridge itself isn't really any different from many old cartridges but the twist rate allows these newer cartridges to handle long, sleek bullets with ballistic coefficients beyond what was ever possible not that many years ago.

Still, I see no real hunting use for a 200 grain 30 caliber bullet going 1,000 fps.