Vihtavuori powder, 300 grain TSX and 458 Lott

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Greetings. I live in Finland where it is easiest to get some Vihtavuori gunpowder. I am looking for reload data for 300 grain Barnes TSX bullet for 458 Lott. If anyone has any information to share with Vihtavuori powder, it make me happy!
 
I have a good source for Vhitavuori powder, hodgdon powder,and IMR powder. It's called my local gun store.......
 
The lightest weight I have played with was 350 gr (Barnes TSX) and I used the Vihtavuori N530. I had excellent results in my Blaser R8.
Unfortunately, Vihtavuori discontinued it.
 
@Hommo, I have a Software program that lets me simulate loads for various calibers, bullet types and weights as well as powders. I have never loaded a 458 Lott with the components you are proposing so I cannot vouch for the results. To be safe you need to start off using less powder which will result in a lower pressure then work up to the load shown. For calculation purposes I used a barrel length of 24 inches. This load is close to maximum pressure so do not exceed it.
 

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The lightest weight I have played with was 350 gr (Barnes TSX) and I used the Vihtavuori N530. I had excellent results in my Blaser R8.
Unfortunately, Vihtavuori discontinued it.
I get Lonnie Cribb from Superior Ammunition in SC to load up whatever I want, and I got Reeds making me 40x .375R 400gr fp fmj's
And 40x 400 gr SP's
 
I have used Vv 133 and 135 for heavier copper Pergrines. Gordon's reloading tool suggests VV 140 and 540 would also work. Check vihtavuori website for reloading info.
 
The Vihtavuori manual does not have any information on 458 Lott. I am particularly interested in the 300 grain TSX. There is good information available elsewhere for the heaviest bullets.
 
Call Barnes. Allan will probably answer and he will email you load data. Good luck!
 
@Hömmö
That is an interesting load you are choosing!
The N120 is probably a good choice for the 300gn TSX and the Lott, a reasonably compressed load at near max PSI.
@Shootist43
QL is good to find loads when data is unavailable, but it should be "fit" to known data, as "close" to the unknown load. I use this method for my reloading.
Vihtavuori states their max. loads are close to max. PSI for a given cartridge. For this, I fit 458 winmag data for N120 to match velocity and PSI at 95% max and load density
Then use this data fit for the 458 Lott with the Barnes TSX. It is important that if the fit data load density was greater than 100%, then the new load should also be greater than 100% (less than this is not as important to match). Then, try to keep the PSI similar for both.
Both of these points are important because of the power burn rate app. made in QL vs PSI and greater than 100% load density.
Then, the new load has a better starting point that just using the QL default.
If you look at the TSX, about half of the length are pressure bands and I like to seat close to the last band but in this case, i back off from that a bit.

Anyhow, here is my result from all of this gobbledygook, anyone use at your own risk.

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