Originally Posted by
Art
What a great old manual!! Great "vast and unpaid research department" here, to quote Rush Limbaugh. It's interesting to me that the old manuals show loads that are "warmer," sometimes significantly warmer than the current ones. The load I use in my .250 savage came out of an old (late 60s maybe early 70s Sierra manual) and even then an acceptable load was hotter than the current manuals for that cartridge.
If I do this project I'll shoot for velocities between 2,000 and 2,100 FPS or so, in the unlikely event I'd ever find an appropriate opportunity hunt with it that should do the trick.
Thanks to all for the input.