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    Posted: February 11 2022 at 3:14pm
I see a lot of posts about 174 grain loads of course but does anyone have good results with 150 gr projectiles?
I have found a load using Sierra Game King 150 gr soft points that shoot great in my #4. 40 grains of IMR 4895 gets me just over an inch groups at 100 yards.


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I shoot cast--the Lee 312-155.  I have to "beagle" it to make it fit my .314 groove No5.  Plain based over light green dot loads works well for me at 50 yards.  I don't have access to a 100 yard range yet.
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I've loaded 150g bullets in one of my No1 Mk3 rifles for quite some time. It's a 1921 Lithgow that was refurbished in 1945 and it's my go to shooter. I've used Speer, Sierra and Hornady soft points as well as locally made Australian Taipan hollow points (now out of production). All of them have shot decent groups with a similar point of impact. All are flat base bullets which may also help with accuracy at the shorter ranges I've used them. My initial load was 39g or ADI AR2206 which my chronograph averaged out at 2444 ft/s for my rifle. AR2206 was discontinued and replaced by AR2206H. AR2206H is sold in the US by Hodgdon as H4895. I now use 40g of AR2206H. I've never encountered high pressure signs and I get good case life but the current ADI data lists 40 grains as a *MAXIMUM* load. Other manuals go up to 42 grains but please be sensible and work your own loads up for YOUR rifle. I've only ever shot this load out to 300 yards with standard military open sights. Up to that range, it has always performed well. My mate uses the same load in a scoped a No1 Mk3 sporter which groups a bit over an inch at 100 yards with the Taipan 150g hollow points. I've used this load for hunting wild pigs where most shots are taken at 150 yards or less and it has never let me down. For longer range target shooting, the 174 - 180 grain bullets are a better choice. I also had to fit a +030 front sight blade to my rifle to bring 150g loads back to the correct zero. Unless you want reach way out there, 150g bullets will suffice for most of your needs, and with less recoil.
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40 grains of IMR 4895 should be a nice relatively light load for a 150 gr bullet.  Hodgdon lists 44.2 gr as Maximum at 46,600 psi (piezo peak pressure). 

It’s been a while since I’ve shot 150’s, I could never quite get the accuracy that I get with Sierra 174 MatchKings.  But, for hunting applications, that 150 bullet should do very well, and shoot relatively flat out to 300 yds. 

Hodgdon lists the same max charge of H4895 at 40.0 gr, 43,600 CUP as does ADI for AR2206H.  H4895 and IMR 4895 are not interchangeable. 



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42 grains of IMR4895  with 150 gr Hornady Spire Points was my go to deer round for years in one of my No4's. Accurate and deadly. I then switched to 39 gr of H4895 with the same projectile. I find it very similar in performance. Some of my rifles do prefer a heavier pill though.
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Speer 150gr sp spire with 39gr of 3031 for target shooting with my 1915 No1 mkIII
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