Winchester wst powder ?

johnnyjr

johnnyjr

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Found an old can of Winchester wst ball powder. Where can I find loading data for it. I read where it is similar to bulls eye powder. Appreciate any info on it.
 
Spindrift

Spindrift

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No experience with the .243, or WST. But I found a couple of threads that might be of interest to you. Good luck!

Reduced Rifle Loads Using Winchester Powders - WST or WSF

I have a quarter pound of unique left and little to no hope that I'll find anymore anytime soon. So I was able to get a deal from a club member who used to reload shotgun. I'm hoping that I can use one or both of these for the time being until I can get more Unique in a few years. 2 lbs WSF -...
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243 winchester ladder test

Conditions were a little too windy for a 200 yard test of the 260, so I decided to do a quick and dirty test on the 243 @ 50 yards. I only shot 3 five shot groups with 2400 and the RCBS 95 grain slug. Group 1 was 13 grains and produced a .826" CTC group, group 2 was 14 grains and yielded a .389"...
artfulbullet.com artfulbullet.com
 
Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
No experience with WST, either. Never ran across it. Would be hard pressed to buy a powder that seems to be an abbreviation of worst. :eek:
 
Outpost75

Outpost75

Active Member
8.5 grains of WST very accurate in .30-'06 with Accurate 31-160H loaded without GC as 100 yard Junior training load for the '03A3 Springfield.
 
JonB

JonB

Halcyon member
Spindrift said:
No experience with the .243, or WST. But I found a couple of threads that might be of interest to you. Good luck!

Reduced Rifle Loads Using Winchester Powders - WST or WSF

I have a quarter pound of unique left and little to no hope that I'll find anymore anytime soon. So I was able to get a deal from a club member who used to reload shotgun. I'm hoping that I can use one or both of these for the time being until I can get more Unique in a few years. 2 lbs WSF -...
artfulbullet.com artfulbullet.com

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That's a interesting thread that I somehow missed.
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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John,
My shooting buddy Ed uses WST exclusively for Low Node Shooting of his 257 Bob's and 250 Savages with light cast bullets. If you want I can ask him for some suggestions for you ?
He shoots like me 50 yds and near Subsonic
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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Yes you could but I would drop back by at least 1/2 grain The 243 case volume is less So Dropping back a bit would give you the same velocities and pressures
 
johnnyjr

johnnyjr

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Will load a few for Friday morning. It's supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow. Appreciate the information Tell Ed thanks.
 
fiver

fiver

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the BORE volume is less, the case capacity is more for the 243 over the 250.
the 257 Bob is pretty close in case capacity to the 308 family.
 
fiver

fiver

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it is especially useful if you need to make 300 savage, 250 savage, or 6.5 creedmore cases.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
If you run a 6.5CM in a 6.5 Jap die it grows enough to make length . I haven't checked the case capacity between those and the hand full of Norma cases yet . I don't imagine there's a lot of difference between them .
 
johnnyjr

johnnyjr

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Spindrift said:
No experience with the .243, or WST. But I found a couple of threads that might be of interest to you. Good luck!

Reduced Rifle Loads Using Winchester Powders - WST or WSF

I have a quarter pound of unique left and little to no hope that I'll find anymore anytime soon. So I was able to get a deal from a club member who used to reload shotgun. I'm hoping that I can use one or both of these for the time being until I can get more Unique in a few years. 2 lbs WSF -...
artfulbullet.com artfulbullet.com

243 winchester ladder test

Conditions were a little too windy for a 200 yard test of the 260, so I decided to do a quick and dirty test on the 243 @ 50 yards. I only shot 3 five shot groups with 2400 and the RCBS 95 grain slug. Group 1 was 13 grains and produced a .826" CTC group, group 2 was 14 grains and yielded a .389"...
artfulbullet.com artfulbullet.com
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Interesting. I am trying Winchester wst in my 245 with 87 gr bullets. Started with 4.5 gr. Pretty good group,but I think it's to much, because my next load of 4.7 really opened up. is there any danger of going to low,like maybe 3.8/3.9. thanks.. happy Easter
 
fiver

fiver

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wst is designed to burn at like 10-K... PSI.
i wouldn't try for 5K or nuthin like that, but you got a lot of latitude.
 
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