Does anyone have a 300 Sherwood load they particularly like? What I have is OK but not fantastic.
I purchased the Accurate Mold for 140gr .300 bullets that's been recommended and those work quite well. I just am not a fan of casting, and only did it the one time to get a stash of these projectiles.
More recently I purchased a box of Missouri Bullets #2 Whitetail LFN bullets. These are .309" 135gr bullets, Brinel 18 hardness with some sort of blue lube in a single ring. Less than $40/250 bullets. I used a Lee breach lock sizing die and converting ring for my Redding press, to take these down to .300". Other than being 5gr lighter, the shape is remarkably close to the Accurate Mold bullets.
Results with 12.5gr of IMR4198 and these resized bullets are decent and good enough to practice with, but I think I'm driving them too fast. Period sources say this is a 1400fps cartridge with 140gr bullets and I'm at 1500fps. No difficulty extracting in my WR martini, nor pressure signs at the primer.
I'm going to try a lighter load and see if that helps shrink the groups, but would love help if anyone has some.
FWIW, I need to keep to lead bullets for now (no jacketed projectiles like the 7.3 Carcano bullets.)
Chris
