Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

[Bowhntr6pt]

Experienced reloader here... I have a couple boxes of these bullets and would like to know what the Hornady manual says for the 30-06 and 308 Winchester.

Powders I would like to use are IMR-4895, W-748, W-760, H4895. Any other recommendations are welcome. As always, reduce and work up will be my method of operation.

 

[gcoulsey]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

All I can offer is, my shoot buddy uses 45.5grn varget with the 155 amax
In his AI 7.62
Exactly the same load he used for the 155 scenars.

 

[xdeano]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

I'm using 45.4g Varget in Lapua brass, fed 210m primers. 2.800"OAL.

xdeano

 

[Bowhntr6pt]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

Thanks so far... I do have some Varget on hand.

 

[nomad 1]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

Have had good groups with 44.5 of Varget in win cases 210M.//
not fast but accurate.......

 

[steeltex]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

I have good luck with 45.0 gr of H-4895 in Remington .308 cases. It gets me 2925 fps out of a 26" Rem PSS, and holds around 5/8" groups.

 

[uafgrad]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

Cartridge : .308 Win.
Bullet : .308, 155, Hornady A-MAX 30312
Useable Case Capaci: 48.905 grain H2O = 3.175 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.800 inch = 71.12 mm
Barrel Length : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder : IMR 4895

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.111% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-11.1 89 40.00 2507 2164 37340 6966 93.9 1.357
-10.0 90 40.50 2538 2217 38663 7060 94.4 1.334
-08.9 91 41.00 2568 2270 40032 7150 94.9 1.313
-07.8 92 41.50 2598 2324 41450 7239 95.4 1.293
-06.7 93 42.00 2629 2378 42919 7325 95.8 1.272
-05.6 94 42.50 2659 2433 44441 7409 96.3 1.252
-04.4 95 43.00 2689 2489 46018 7489 96.7 1.233
-03.3 96 43.50 2719 2545 47652 7567 97.0 1.214
-02.2 98 44.00 2749 2601 49345 7642 97.4 1.195
-01.1 99 44.50 2779 2659 51101 7715 97.7 1.177
+00.0 100 45.00 2809 2716 52920 7783 98.1 1.159 ! Near Maximum !
+01.1 101 45.50 2839 2774 54808 7849 98.3 1.141 ! Near Maximum !
+02.2 102 46.00 2869 2833 56765 7912 98.6 1.124 ! Near Maximum !
+03.3 103 46.50 2899 2892 58796 7971 98.9 1.107 ! Near Maximum !
+04.4 104 47.00 2928 2952 60903 8027 99.1 1.090 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.6 105 47.50 2958 3012 63091 8079 99.3 1.074 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

 

[uafgrad]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

Cartridge : .308 Win.
Bullet : .308, 155, Hornady A-MAX 30312
Useable Case Capaci: 48.905 grain H2O = 3.175 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.800 inch = 71.12 mm
Barrel Length : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder : Winchester 748

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.111% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-11.1 82 40.00 2511 2170 37168 6790 96.5 1.345
-10.0 83 40.50 2541 2222 38488 6869 96.9 1.324
-08.9 85 41.00 2570 2274 39858 6946 97.3 1.303
-07.8 86 41.50 2600 2326 41278 7020 97.7 1.282
-06.7 87 42.00 2629 2379 42751 7091 98.0 1.263
-05.6 88 42.50 2659 2433 44278 7159 98.3 1.243
-04.4 89 43.00 2688 2486 45863 7223 98.6 1.224
-03.3 90 43.50 2717 2541 47507 7284 98.9 1.205
-02.2 91 44.00 2746 2595 49216 7341 99.1 1.187
-01.1 92 44.50 2775 2650 50988 7395 99.3 1.169
+00.0 93 45.00 2804 2706 52828 7446 99.5 1.151 ! Near Maximum !
+01.1 94 45.50 2833 2762 54728 7493 99.6 1.134 ! Near Maximum !
+02.2 95 46.00 2861 2818 56726 7536 99.8 1.117 ! Near Maximum !
+03.3 96 46.50 2890 2874 58793 7575 99.9 1.100 ! Near Maximum !
+04.4 97 47.00 2918 2931 60931 7610 99.9 1.084 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.6 98 47.50 2946 2988 63144 7641 100.0 1.068 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

 

[uafgrad]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

Cartridge : .308 Win.
Bullet : .308, 155, Hornady A-MAX 30312
Useable Case Capaci: 48.905 grain H2O = 3.175 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.800 inch = 71.12 mm
Barrel Length : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder : Hodgdon H4895

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.149% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-11.5 85 38.50 2477 2113 37216 6702 94.5 1.365
-10.3 87 39.00 2508 2164 38530 6793 95.0 1.343
-09.2 88 39.50 2538 2216 39889 6881 95.5 1.322
-08.0 89 40.00 2568 2269 41294 6968 95.9 1.301
-06.9 90 40.50 2598 2322 42749 7051 96.3 1.281
-05.7 91 41.00 2628 2376 44254 7133 96.7 1.261
-04.6 92 41.50 2657 2430 45812 7211 97.1 1.241
-03.4 93 42.00 2687 2485 47424 7287 97.5 1.222
-02.3 94 42.50 2717 2540 49093 7360 97.8 1.203
-01.1 95 43.00 2746 2596 50820 7431 98.1 1.185
+00.0 96 43.50 2776 2652 52609 7498 98.4 1.167 ! Near Maximum !
+01.1 98 44.00 2805 2708 54462 7562 98.6 1.149 ! Near Maximum !
+02.3 99 44.50 2835 2765 56381 7623 98.9 1.132 ! Near Maximum !
+03.4 100 45.00 2864 2823 58369 7681 99.1 1.115 ! Near Maximum !
+04.6 101 45.50 2893 2881 60430 7736 99.3 1.098 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.7 102 46.00 2922 2939 62566 7787 99.5 1.082 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

 

[uafgrad]

Re: Hornady 155gr A-Max load data needed

The W-760 was pretty compressed to get near top levels