Load data for .338 Marlin Express + .338 | 200gr | NorthFork Bonded Core

Recommended Powder(s): Accurate 2495, Alliant AR-Comp, Hodgdon H322, IMR 3031, Norma 202

Load Specifications

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Bullet:	.338 \| 200gr \| NorthFork Bonded Core
Bullet Weight:	200gr \| 13.0g
Bullet Diameter:	0.338" \| 8.59mm
Bullet Length:	1.172" \| 29.8mm
Caliber:	.338 Marlin Express load data
Case Length (l3):	1.880" \| 47.8mm
Cartridge Length (C.O.L.):	2.561" \| 65.0mm
Seated Depth:	0.491" \| 12.5mm
Shank Seated Depth:	0.491" \| 12.5mm
Case Capacity:	61.0 Grains of Water \| 3.96 cm³
Primer Size:	Large Rifle (LR)
Max. allowed Pressure:	46412 psi \| 3200 bar
LID:	LID_B3920_C456
Last updated:	2025-01-01

Load data for 126 loads in caliber .338 Marlin Express with .338 | 200gr | NorthFork Bonded Core bullet and 63 powders such as Accurate 2495, Alliant AR-Comp, Hodgdon H322, IMR 3031, Norma 202. The key underlying parameters are shown in the table above.

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Our default view only displays powders/loads that fulfill certain criteria: Max pressure of a load <=90% of Max. Standardized Pressure. Fill Rate (Min FR): >80% and <100% for rife loads, >60% and <100% for pistol loads. Min. Propellant Combustion (Min z): >90% for rifle loads , >80% for pistol/revolver loads. Relax these criteria at your own risk to potentially get more powders shown in the load tables.

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Powder	Charge	FR	MaxP	%	V(0)	z
[ADI AR 2206H]*	<<locked>>	92%	41104	89%	**72	94%
[ADI AR 2208]*	<<locked>>	97%	41234	89%	**52	93%
Accurate 2015	<<locked>>	87%	40973	88%	**29	100%
[Accurate 2200]*	<<locked>>	89%	41017	88%	**20	92%
Accurate 2230	<<locked>>	86%	41017	88%	**39	95%
Accurate 2460	<<locked>>	86%	40886	88%	**52	97%
Accurate 2495 👍	<<locked>>	93%	41481	89%	**25	100%
Accurate 2520	<<locked>>	92%	41002	88%	**05	98%
Accurate 4064	<<locked>>	97%	38276	82%	**75	98%
Alliant AR-Comp 👍	<<locked>>	92%	41655	90%	**18	100%
Alliant Reloder- TS 15.5	<<locked>>	97%	38595	83%	**59	95%
Alliant Reloder-10x	<<locked>>	85%	41394	89%	**46	100%
[Alliant Reloder-15]*	<<locked>>	96%	41075	88%	**98	94%
[Baschieri & Pellagri 107]*	<<locked>>	92%	41481	89%	**88	93%
Hodgdon BL-C2	<<locked>>	91%	41046	88%	**15	96%
Hodgdon Benchmark	<<locked>>	87%	41031	88%	**06	97%
[Hodgdon CFE223]*	<<locked>>	96%	41553	90%	**11	92%
Hodgdon H322 👍	<<locked>>	88%	40988	88%	**69	99%
Hodgdon H335	<<locked>>	83%	41002	88%	**79	98%
[Hodgdon H380]*	<<locked>>	97%	40277	87%	**65	91%
[Hodgdon VARGET]*	<<locked>>	97%	40756	88%	**39	93%
IMR 3031 👍	<<locked>>	96%	41147	89%	**28	100%
[IMR 4064]*	<<locked>>	97%	39450	85%	**16	93%
IMR 4198	<<locked>>	83%	41031	88%	**93	100%
IMR 4895	<<locked>>	96%	41727	90%	**25	95%
IMR 8208 XBR	<<locked>>	90%	41176	89%	**49	96%
Lovex D073.4	<<locked>>	85%	41176	89%	**43	97%
Lovex D073.5	<<locked>>	87%	41452	89%	**62	97%
Lovex D073.6	<<locked>>	94%	41568	90%	**11	98%
[Lovex S060]*	<<locked>>	90%	41118	89%	**97	94%
Lovex S062	<<locked>>	96%	40944	88%	**72	96%
Norma 201	<<locked>>	93%	41582	90%	**62	96%
Norma 202 👍	<<locked>>	92%	41031	88%	**75	98%
[Norma 203B]*	<<locked>>	96%	41017	88%	**98	94%
[Ramshot Big Game]*	<<locked>>	96%	41249	89%	**02	94%
[Ramshot Wild Boar]*	<<locked>>	91%	41756	90%	**95	94%
[Ramshot X-Terminator]*	<<locked>>	87%	41452	89%	**29	94%
ReloadSwiss RS 40	<<locked>>	86%	40915	88%	**49	97%
ReloadSwiss RS 52	<<locked>>	97%	39755	86%	**18	96%
Rottweil R 901	<<locked>>	89%	41336	89%	**43	98%
Rottweil R 902	<<locked>>	94%	41263	89%	**49	96%
[Rottweil R 903]*	<<locked>>	97%	35099	76%	**00	93%
[SNPE Vectan SP 11]*	<<locked>>	97%	37927	82%	**46	93%
[SNPE Vectan SP 7]*	<<locked>>	92%	41524	89%	**56	92%
[SNPE Vectan SP 9]*	<<locked>>	93%	41626	90%	**82	94%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 3000	<<locked>>	90%	41191	89%	**90	98%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 5000	<<locked>>	97%	40132	86%	**93	99%
Shooters World Match Rifle	<<locked>>	94%	41568	90%	**11	98%
Shooters World Precision	<<locked>>	96%	40944	88%	**72	96%
Shooters World Tactical Rifle	<<locked>>	84%	41669	90%	**23	96%
Somchem S321	<<locked>>	88%	41713	90%	**88	96%
Somchem S335	<<locked>>	91%	41408	89%	**16	99%
[Somchem S341]*	<<locked>>	92%	41292	89%	**59	94%
[Somchem S355]*	<<locked>>	97%	36883	79%	**16	94%
Vihtavuori N130	<<locked>>	87%	41379	89%	**93	100%
Vihtavuori N133	<<locked>>	93%	40785	88%	**00	100%
Vihtavuori N135	<<locked>>	97%	34853	75%	**70	99%
Vihtavuori N140	<<locked>>	95%	41263	89%	**62	99%
[Vihtavuori N150]*	<<locked>>	97%	31357	68%	**75	93%
Vihtavuori N530	<<locked>>	88%	41002	88%	**59	96%
Vihtavuori N540	<<locked>>	95%	40799	88%	**82	98%
Winchester 748	<<locked>>	89%	41307	89%	**15	97%
Winchester StaBALL Match	<<locked>>	87%	41539	90%	**02	95%

Max Load - Barrel Length: 23.60''

Powder	Charge	FR	MaxP	%	V(0)	z
[ADI AR 2206H]*	<<locked>>	82%	30719	66%	**59	90%
[ADI AR 2208]*	<<locked>>	90%	33692	73%	**98	90%
Accurate 2015	<<locked>>	81%	33823	73%	**95	99%
[Accurate 2200]*	<<locked>>	85%	36027	78%	**24	90%
[Accurate 2230]*	<<locked>>	81%	34505	74%	**15	93%
Accurate 2460	<<locked>>	81%	34519	74%	**34	95%
Accurate 2495	<<locked>>	81%	27586	59%	**46	98%
[Accurate 2520]*	<<locked>>	81%	28326	61%	**42	94%
[Accurate 4064]*	<<locked>>	81%	23264	50%	**21	92%
Alliant AR-Comp	<<locked>>	81%	29240	63%	**72	100%
[Alliant Reloder- TS 15.5]*	<<locked>>	86%	28181	61%	**19	90%
Alliant Reloder-10x	<<locked>>	81%	37086	80%	**70	100%
[Alliant Reloder-15]*	<<locked>>	88%	32503	70%	**21	90%
[Baschieri & Pellagri 107]*	<<locked>>	87%	35317	76%	**64	90%
[Hodgdon BL-C2]*	<<locked>>	81%	28921	62%	**56	91%
[Hodgdon Benchmark]*	<<locked>>	81%	34055	73%	**69	94%
[Hodgdon CFE223]*	<<locked>>	93%	36854	79%	**16	90%
Hodgdon H322	<<locked>>	81%	32851	71%	**08	97%
Hodgdon H335	<<locked>>	81%	37927	82%	**16	98%
[Hodgdon H380]*	<<locked>>	94%	37043	80%	**03	90%
[Hodgdon VARGET]*	<<locked>>	91%	33939	73%	**01	90%
IMR 3031	<<locked>>	81%	26179	56%	**93	95%
[IMR 4064]*	<<locked>>	90%	32721	71%	**78	90%
IMR 4198	<<locked>>	81%	38406	83%	**51	100%
[IMR 4895]*	<<locked>>	86%	30574	66%	**88	90%
[IMR 8208 XBR]*	<<locked>>	81%	31357	68%	**52	92%
Lovex D073.4	<<locked>>	81%	36100	78%	**51	96%
Lovex D073.5	<<locked>>	81%	34185	74%	**24	95%
[Lovex D073.6]*	<<locked>>	81%	26905	58%	**03	93%
[Lovex S060]*	<<locked>>	81%	31473	68%	**00	90%
[Lovex S062]*	<<locked>>	82%	27079	58%	**67	90%
[Norma 201]*	<<locked>>	81%	29051	63%	**00	91%
Norma 202	<<locked>>	81%	28543	62%	**16	95%
[Norma 203B]*	<<locked>>	88%	31096	67%	**92	90%
[Ramshot Big Game]*	<<locked>>	89%	33141	71%	**31	90%
[Ramshot Wild Boar]*	<<locked>>	82%	31415	68%	**82	90%
[Ramshot X-Terminator]*	<<locked>>	81%	34635	75%	**98	92%
ReloadSwiss RS 40	<<locked>>	81%	35476	76%	**44	96%
[ReloadSwiss RS 52]*	<<locked>>	85%	27586	59%	**29	90%
Rottweil R 901	<<locked>>	81%	32401	70%	**62	96%
[Rottweil R 902]*	<<locked>>	81%	27775	60%	**57	91%
[Rottweil R 903]*	<<locked>>	91%	28718	62%	**56	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 11]*	<<locked>>	92%	32851	71%	**34	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 7]*	<<locked>>	89%	37434	81%	**80	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 9]*	<<locked>>	84%	31430	68%	**72	90%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 3000	<<locked>>	81%	31125	67%	**96	95%
[SNPE Vectan Tubal 5000]*	<<locked>>	81%	25106	54%	**69	94%
[Shooters World Match Rifle]*	<<locked>>	81%	26905	58%	**03	93%
[Shooters World Precision]*	<<locked>>	82%	27079	58%	**67	90%
[Shooters World Tactical Rifle]*	<<locked>>	81%	37666	81%	**51	94%
[Somchem S321]*	<<locked>>	81%	33156	71%	**18	94%
Somchem S335	<<locked>>	81%	30269	65%	**96	96%
[Somchem S341]*	<<locked>>	84%	32256	70%	**78	90%
[Somchem S355]*	<<locked>>	89%	29153	63%	**42	90%
Vihtavuori N130	<<locked>>	81%	34780	75%	**78	100%
Vihtavuori N133	<<locked>>	81%	28877	62%	**67	98%
[Vihtavuori N135]*	<<locked>>	81%	22205	48%	**49	94%
[Vihtavuori N140]*	<<locked>>	81%	27064	58%	**57	94%
[Vihtavuori N150]*	<<locked>>	90%	26049	56%	**41	90%
[Vihtavuori N530]*	<<locked>>	81%	32880	71%	**98	93%
[Vihtavuori N540]*	<<locked>>	81%	26585	57%	**67	93%
[Winchester 748]*	<<locked>>	81%	32242	69%	**21	94%
[Winchester StaBALL Match]*	<<locked>>	81%	33866	73%	**44	92%

Start Load - Barrel Length: 23.60''

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FR ... fill rate of the cartridge in percent

MaxP ... max. pressure of load in psi or bar

% ... max. pressure of load in percent of the maximum allowed pressure for this caliber

V(0) ... muzzle velocity in feet per second (fps) or meters per second (m/s)

z ... powder burnt in percent

[...] *... not dangerous but load has suboptimal powder burnt with possible characteristics such as extensive muzzle flash or inaccurate loads.

[...] ²... fill rate low - you might want to consider using a filler to ensure proper ignition.

[...] ᴾ... possible press load - work up slowly to this load while watching for signs of excessive pressure.

👍 ... recommended powder/load for this caliber and bullet combination based on its ballistic performance.