Need help for hornady .308 bullets.

[ChrisO]

I have some hornady 30 cal. 150 GR. spire points I want to load up for deer hunting, I can't find any load data for it right now and I lent my hornady book to my buddy who wants to get into reloading. Im looking for a starting load and a max for my .308 Ill be using varget it's all I got right now.

[ChrisO]

Any help would be appreciated Im trying to load up some rounds head up and confirm zero in a couple hours here.

[halifax]

I'm not at home right now so I can't check my manual but I'd say 44.0 - 47.0 is right.

[ChrisO]

Yeah I have been checking everywhere and can't find anything on using varget with the 150 grain spire points everything is for like 4064 and 4895 and I just ran out of 4895.

[Antihero47]

150g Varget 44 - 47g 2.8"

[ZakAttackMan]

http://www.handloads.com/

http://www.loaddata.com/home/index.cfm?CFID=9827403&CFTOKEN=10008720

http://www.reloadammo.com/reload.htm

http://www.reloadbench.com/

http://www.gunnersden.com/

[ZakAttackMan]

Forgot my favorite one

http://www.reloadersnest.com/

[ar15barrels]

This is NOT load data.
It is a computer simulation using the components you were asking about:

Cartridge          : .308 Win.
Bullet             : .308, 150, Hornady SP 3031
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.750 inch or 69.85 mm
Barrel Length      : 24.0 inch or 609.6 mm
Powder             : Hodgdon VARGET

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 0.538% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-05.4   98    44.00   2694    2417   46821   7219     95.6    1.201
-04.8   99    44.25   2708    2443   47618   7259     95.8    1.193
-04.3  100    44.50   2723    2469   48428   7299     96.0    1.184
-03.8  100    44.75   2738    2496   49250   7338     96.2    1.175
-03.2  101    45.00   2752    2523   50085   7376     96.4    1.166
-02.7  101    45.25   2767    2550   50934   7413     96.6    1.158
-02.2  102    45.50   2781    2576   51797   7451     96.7    1.149  ! Near Maximum !
-01.6  102    45.75   2796    2604   52676   7487     96.9    1.141  ! Near Maximum !
-01.1  103    46.00   2810    2631   53570   7523     97.1    1.132  ! Near Maximum !
-00.5  103    46.25   2825    2658   54480   7558     97.3    1.124  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  104    46.50   2840    2686   55407   7593     97.4    1.116  ! Near Maximum !
+00.5  105    46.75   2854    2713   56350   7626     97.6    1.108  ! Near Maximum !
+01.1  105    47.00   2869    2741   57311   7660     97.7    1.100  ! Near Maximum !
+01.6  106    47.25   2883    2769   58289   7692     97.9    1.092  ! Near Maximum !
+02.2  106    47.50   2898    2797   59285   7724     98.0    1.084  ! Near Maximum !
+02.7  107    47.75   2912    2825   60300   7755     98.2    1.076  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 5% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 5% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    104    46.50   2907    2814   60311   7596     99.1    1.077  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 5% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    104    46.50   2763    2542   50526   7505     94.9    1.160

[Fjold]

Hodgdon.com says 44 - 47 grains of Varget with a 150 grain bullet (47 grains will be a compressed load)

The Hornady Fourth edition does not list Varget in it's load data for the 150 grain SP.