??Anyone have the latest Hornady....

[huntmeister]

reloading manual and willing to look and see if a load combo exists in their manual?
If so, I am looking for .243 Winchester cartridge, 80 grain Hornady GMX bullets and Hodgdon Hybrid 100V powder. Is this combo published?

edited for the correct bullet weight.

[deadeye]

not exactly what you are looking for but can find a comparable start data though hodgdons on line site here is a link
www.hodgdon.com/


data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

[huntmeister]

Jan 13, 2013 18:51:40 GMT -5 deadeye said:

not exactly what you are looking for but can find a comparable start data though hodgdons on line site here is a link
www.hodgdon.com/


data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

Thanks deadeye. I have been reloading for a few years but I have never tried any loads that were not published. Please educate me...how do I proceed in a safe manner without a published load range for my specific powder & bullet combo?

[deadeye]

Jan 14, 2013 7:25:21 GMT -5 huntmeister said:

Jan 13, 2013 18:51:40 GMT -5 deadeye said:

not exactly what you are looking for but can find a comparable start data though hodgdons on line site here is a link
www.hodgdon.com/


data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

Thanks deadeye. I have been reloading for a few years but I have never tried any loads that were not published. Please educate me...how do I proceed in a safe manner without a published load range for my specific powder & bullet combo?

your powder hybrid 100v is listed for .243 in the bullet weight you desire according to hodgdon. pick a bullet that is similiar in construction & always start with starting load(low) & work up to an accuracy load. in this case start approx 38.3gns

[huntmeister]

Jan 14, 2013 14:58:10 GMT -5 deadeye said:

Jan 14, 2013 7:25:21 GMT -5 huntmeister said:

Thanks deadeye. I have been reloading for a few years but I have never tried any loads that were not published. Please educate me...how do I proceed in a safe manner without a published load range for my specific powder & bullet combo?

your powder hybrid 100v is listed for .243 in the bullet weight you desire according to hodgdon. pick a bullet that is similiar in construction & always start with starting load(low) & work up to an accuracy load. in this case start approx 38.3gns

Thanks for your help deadeye!! I have always been a "by the book" re-loader but I know many do step outside the book and experiment.
Looking at Hodgdon's site I'm guessing you are talking about the load data for the Barnes 85 gr TSX correct?

[huntmeister]

Geesh I feel really stoooopid now.
I started looking around Hodgdon's site at different loads and found a 80 gr GMX, HMMMM, so I looked on Hornady's site and sure enough, no 85 grain made, just 80 grain. For some reason I had it in my head that it was 85 grain
Looks like I am good to go!!

[deadeye]

yes i noticed that also- remember a manual is a guideline with a sampling of tested powders/bullets in their labratory,by all means not complete.