Winchester 760

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rickyb

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Picked up a couple of pounds of this and thinking about working up some loads in my 243 with 95gr hndy sst. Tried to find H4350 but cant find many powders right now. From what I googled some say it's a little to slow on the burn chart for the 243 and dirty. What has been your experience with W760? Thanks Rick
 
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Rick, I hate to think of how many Kegs of win 760 that I have shot in a 243 and 6 Rem. It is on par with IMR 4350 in burn rate. Accuracy will be right on the ragged edge of being a hot load, use a fed 210 primer inspite of what the books say in using a mag primer. Ball powders burn dirty on the minimum and medium loads and clean when the pressure gets hot. Seat those SST's very close if not touching the lands to start load development and 2.0g below book max to start. Work up in .5g increments shooting two shot groups. Then tweek using three shot groups. If the bullets are not touching or just about touching, you are not there yet. If you had to use another primer other than Federal 210, then try the 9 1/2 or CCI200. If you want to tweek more, then go to a CCI250.

Good luck
 
Great powder for max velocities.... until it gets hot outside. Then.... it's a great powder for insane velocities.

I've shot a lot of it.... but that's when I lived in a more thermally stable environment. I
 
I just ran out of 760 using berger 88's and gm210m's. My 1-12 douglas in my Kimber montana 243 win. was over and and MOA during depth tests. Great #'s [beeep]. Now Im switching to H100V. 760 is the same as H414 also. Or very close.
 
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Mostly good advice so far Rick, and I answered your PM.
760=H414=Accurate 2700. All precisely identical, made by General Dynamics in St. Marks, FL. GD's powders don't burn dirty unless pressures are low, as already stated. On the flip side, unlike ADI's "extreme" extruded garbage, they don't produce hard carbon fouling. I love when Varget shooters think the barrel is shot out, until you show them the fouling donut in their barrel on a scope. 760 will show more of an "ashy" fouling than extruded, but doesn't take the scrubbing to clean. Although certainly not in the same amounts, contains the same Tin/Bismouth compounds as GD sticks in SMP-842 for the military "green" ammo. In the canister grade world, we call that CFE223. Copper cleaners been in it for a very long time, just didn't get the marketing hype that Hodgdon is currently pushing.
 
An old powder that just plain works. We used to use it in 17 Rem. back in the day. I always found it to be a great powder for the 6mm and the 243 as stated. My philosophy has always been that a dirty barrel is a dirty barrel and caused by shooting. I never shot 10 to 15 rounds and had a clean barrel. (?)
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I use H414/W760 in my 17 Rem. using a 30gr. bullet and when I ever get around to building a 17-204 that will be what I use also.
I think it is a great powder.
 
Originally Posted By: kymailman98760 has been my go-to powder for the 243 in bullet weights from 65 to 95 grains.
Same here, but from 55-95g.
 


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