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My gun likes 28gr. of H4895 with the 35gr. Bergers.

Both of those bullets will take coyotes with authority. I shoot both but found the best accuracy was with the 35gr. Bergers. I shot a lot of different loads with the 39's with three different powders and still couldn't beat the accuracy of the 35's with H4895. Vermintator2 is right, I don't worry ab...

My AR likes 28 grains of H4895 on the Bergers

I've got a 1000 Winchester brass. I like them a lot. You will be able to get more reloads out of the Winchesters. I haven't tried the Remington but I've heard that they don't last as long.

Hey Savage250, I was looking for some specifics on you rifle but can't find any. Is it a custom? What is the barrel length? Yes Waldo, It is a custom. Sierra told me that they tested in a 26" barrel and they worked fine. Mine is a 24" so I hoping I will be fine too. We'll see what happens...

Well, let me clarify the crown deal. When it first arrived at my FFL, I opened it and the end of the barrel had damage. It looked like it had been dropped and it had a pretty deep dent right on the edge of the end of the barrel. I sent it back to him and he called and said that it wasn't supposed to...

I was told it's a Shilen. But, when I received it, the crown hadn't been touched at all. It was supposed to have an 11 degree target crown on it but he hadn't touched and told me that he didn't know how it left his shop like that. From just what I have shot this gun, it doesn't shoot very good at 10...

Jo, Thanks. I apologize for the typo. What I have loaded right now in the 39SBK's is 27.5gr of H4895 with CCI-BR4 primers and win brass. I looked and my Benchmark is 26.6gr with the 35Berger. The 26.6gr of Benchmark with the 35Berger is directly out of Hodgdon's book. I should have been more clear, ...

My twist is 1:12. Dan Carey is the one who built this rifle and he told me that 28gr of H4895 would put a big smile on my face. Well, it hasn't happened yet, the smile that is. I have loaded mostly 28gr of H4895. I've got some Nosler Ballistic tip 40's loaded. Also some 39SBK's, some with H4895 at 2...

After looking at Berger's site, they recommend a 14 twist for their 35gr bullets. Dang, I wish I hadn't loaded so many of these up. Now I may have to pull them and slow em down.

I have loaded some of these and I am wondering if anyone has had any luck with these bullets and a 1 and 12 twist. I can't get my 35gr Bergers to group at all at 100yds. 25yds, the bergs will make one hole. Move passed that and they start flying all over. Any help would be great.... Thanks, Savage250

you might try this link... http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

It should help.

Thanks Waldo. Very good info...just what I was lookin for.

Nice group! I need to find a recipe for H4895 and the 39SBK's. Anybody know where I might find one?? I've got Hodgdon's book but it doesn't show anything for the 39's in 204.

Thanks,