Load data for .338 Marlin Express + .338 | 286gr | SUS-TAC LRTM

Recommended Powder(s): Accurate 2520, Alliant AR-Comp, Hodgdon H322, Norma 202, Rottweil R 901

Load Specifications

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Bullet:	.338 \| 286gr \| SUS-TAC LRTM
Manufacturer SKU:	H11887
Bullet Weight:	286gr \| 18.5g
Bullet Diameter:	0.338" \| 8.59mm
Bullet Length:	2.026" \| 51.5mm
Caliber:	.338 Marlin Express load data
Case Length (l3):	1.880" \| 47.8mm
Cartridge Length (C.O.L.):	2.561" \| 65.0mm
Seated Depth:	1.345" \| 34.2mm
Shank Seated Depth:	1.040" \| 26.4mm
Case Capacity:	61.0 Grains of Water \| 3.96 cm³
Primer Size:	Large Rifle (LR)
Max. allowed Pressure:	46412 psi \| 3200 bar
LID:	LID_B10345_C456
Last updated:	2025-01-01
Recommended Twist Rate:	1:8 - 1:7

Load data for 116 loads in caliber .338 Marlin Express with .338 | 286gr | SUS-TAC LRTM bullet and 58 powders such as Accurate 2520, Alliant AR-Comp, Hodgdon H322, Norma 202, Rottweil R 901. The key underlying parameters are shown in the table above.

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Powder	Charge	FR	MaxP	%	V(0)	z
ADI AR 2206H	<<locked>>	97%	41365	89%	**95	95%
ADI AR 2207	<<locked>>	83%	40915	88%	**16	100%
ADI AR 2219	<<locked>>	87%	41002	88%	**81	99%
Accurate 2015	<<locked>>	92%	40799	88%	**52	100%
[Accurate 2200]*	<<locked>>	94%	41481	89%	**49	93%
Accurate 2230	<<locked>>	91%	41495	89%	**65	96%
Accurate 2460	<<locked>>	91%	40741	88%	**75	98%
Accurate 2495	<<locked>>	96%	37130	80%	**88	100%
Accurate 2520 👍	<<locked>>	96%	40089	86%	**11	98%
Accurate 4064	<<locked>>	96%	30676	66%	**93	97%
Alliant AR-Comp 👍	<<locked>>	96%	40582	87%	**04	100%
Alliant Reloder-10x	<<locked>>	89%	41075	88%	**59	100%
[Alliant Reloder-15]*	<<locked>>	97%	36187	78%	**39	93%
Baschieri & Pellagri 106	<<locked>>	87%	41756	90%	**16	100%
[Baschieri & Pellagri 107]*	<<locked>>	97%	41292	89%	**91	93%
Hodgdon BL-C2	<<locked>>	96%	41017	88%	**27	97%
Hodgdon Benchmark	<<locked>>	92%	41350	89%	**32	97%
Hodgdon H322 👍	<<locked>>	92%	40350	87%	**72	99%
Hodgdon H335	<<locked>>	88%	41060	88%	**91	99%
Hodgdon H4198	<<locked>>	83%	40915	88%	**86	99%
IMR 3031	<<locked>>	97%	35679	77%	**55	99%
IMR 4198	<<locked>>	87%	40988	88%	**13	100%
[IMR 4895]*	<<locked>>	97%	36695	79%	**62	94%
IMR 8208 XBR	<<locked>>	95%	41379	89%	**75	97%
Lovex D073.4	<<locked>>	90%	41655	90%	**72	98%
Lovex D073.5	<<locked>>	91%	40741	88%	**75	98%
Lovex D073.6	<<locked>>	96%	37101	80%	**72	98%
Lovex S060	<<locked>>	94%	40393	87%	**16	95%
Lovex S062	<<locked>>	96%	34853	75%	**03	95%
Norma 200	<<locked>>	85%	41263	89%	**45	100%
Norma 201	<<locked>>	96%	39581	85%	**55	96%
Norma 202 👍	<<locked>>	96%	39117	84%	**72	99%
[Norma 203B]*	<<locked>>	97%	35244	76%	**32	93%
[Ramshot Big Game]*	<<locked>>	97%	36129	78%	**36	92%
Ramshot Wild Boar	<<locked>>	95%	40799	88%	**91	95%
Ramshot X-Terminator	<<locked>>	91%	41481	89%	**52	95%
ReloadSwiss RS 40	<<locked>>	90%	40944	88%	**68	98%
ReloadSwiss RS 52	<<locked>>	96%	33765	73%	**29	95%
Rottweil R 901 👍	<<locked>>	95%	41495	89%	**68	99%
Rottweil R 902	<<locked>>	96%	37797	81%	**26	96%
SNPE Vectan SP 10	<<locked>>	87%	41307	89%	**88	99%
[SNPE Vectan SP 7]*	<<locked>>	96%	40756	88%	**65	92%
[SNPE Vectan SP 9]*	<<locked>>	96%	39436	85%	**65	94%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 3000	<<locked>>	94%	40843	88%	**16	99%
Shooters World Match Rifle	<<locked>>	96%	37101	80%	**72	98%
Shooters World Precision	<<locked>>	96%	34853	75%	**03	95%
Shooters World Tactical Rifle	<<locked>>	88%	40901	88%	**36	96%
Somchem S321	<<locked>>	93%	41568	90%	**01	97%
Somchem S335	<<locked>>	96%	41365	89%	**45	99%
[Somchem S341]*	<<locked>>	96%	40437	87%	**68	94%
Vihtavuori N120	<<locked>>	86%	41553	90%	**86	100%
Vihtavuori N130	<<locked>>	91%	40857	88%	**16	100%
Vihtavuori N133	<<locked>>	97%	39958	86%	**19	100%
Vihtavuori N140	<<locked>>	97%	37724	81%	**32	99%
Vihtavuori N530	<<locked>>	92%	41002	88%	**78	97%
Vihtavuori N540	<<locked>>	97%	36767	79%	**45	98%
Winchester 748	<<locked>>	93%	40712	88%	**08	97%
Winchester StaBALL Match	<<locked>>	91%	41582	90%	**11	96%

Max Load - Barrel Length: 23.60''

Powder	Charge	FR	MaxP	%	V(0)	z
[ADI AR 2206H]*	<<locked>>	88%	31908	69%	**54	92%
ADI AR 2207	<<locked>>	81%	38189	82%	**83	100%
ADI AR 2219	<<locked>>	81%	33547	72%	**77	98%
Accurate 2015	<<locked>>	86%	33272	72%	**50	100%
[Accurate 2200]*	<<locked>>	87%	34069	73%	**40	90%
[Accurate 2230]*	<<locked>>	84%	32692	70%	**44	93%
Accurate 2460	<<locked>>	84%	32329	70%	**54	95%
Accurate 2495	<<locked>>	87%	27978	60%	**47	99%
Accurate 2520	<<locked>>	87%	29356	63%	**50	95%
Accurate 4064	<<locked>>	93%	27731	60%	**40	96%
Alliant AR-Comp	<<locked>>	86%	30008	65%	**54	100%
Alliant Reloder-10x	<<locked>>	82%	33431	72%	**57	100%
[Alliant Reloder-15]*	<<locked>>	91%	30777	66%	**50	90%
Baschieri & Pellagri 106	<<locked>>	82%	35781	77%	**40	99%
[Baschieri & Pellagri 107]*	<<locked>>	91%	34185	74%	**90	90%
[Hodgdon BL-C2]*	<<locked>>	87%	29936	65%	**54	93%
Hodgdon Benchmark	<<locked>>	86%	35157	76%	**47	96%
Hodgdon H322	<<locked>>	84%	31821	69%	**47	98%
Hodgdon H335	<<locked>>	81%	32648	70%	**70	97%
Hodgdon H4198	<<locked>>	81%	38159	82%	**50	99%
IMR 3031	<<locked>>	90%	29254	63%	**50	98%
IMR 4198	<<locked>>	82%	35708	77%	**44	100%
[IMR 4895]*	<<locked>>	90%	30298	65%	**54	91%
[IMR 8208 XBR]*	<<locked>>	87%	33083	71%	**54	94%
Lovex D073.4	<<locked>>	83%	32561	70%	**47	95%
Lovex D073.5	<<locked>>	84%	32329	70%	**54	95%
Lovex D073.6	<<locked>>	89%	29356	63%	**50	95%
[Lovex S060]*	<<locked>>	90%	35665	77%	**47	93%
[Lovex S062]*	<<locked>>	93%	31444	68%	**50	94%
Norma 200	<<locked>>	81%	36361	78%	**80	100%
[Norma 201]*	<<locked>>	90%	32532	70%	**50	94%
Norma 202	<<locked>>	89%	31009	67%	**50	97%
[Norma 203B]*	<<locked>>	91%	30095	65%	**44	91%
[Ramshot Big Game]*	<<locked>>	93%	32010	69%	**67	90%
[Ramshot Wild Boar]*	<<locked>>	87%	31633	68%	**50	91%
[Ramshot X-Terminator]*	<<locked>>	85%	34142	74%	**47	92%
ReloadSwiss RS 40	<<locked>>	83%	32590	70%	**47	96%
[ReloadSwiss RS 52]*	<<locked>>	92%	29530	64%	**54	93%
Rottweil R 901	<<locked>>	87%	33199	72%	**47	97%
[Rottweil R 902]*	<<locked>>	92%	33083	71%	**54	94%
SNPE Vectan SP 10	<<locked>>	81%	33982	73%	**83	97%
[SNPE Vectan SP 7]*	<<locked>>	92%	35534	77%	**93	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 9]*	<<locked>>	89%	31633	68%	**44	91%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 3000	<<locked>>	90%	35636	77%	**47	98%
Shooters World Match Rifle	<<locked>>	89%	29356	63%	**50	95%
[Shooters World Precision]*	<<locked>>	93%	31444	68%	**50	94%
[Shooters World Tactical Rifle]*	<<locked>>	83%	34751	75%	**50	94%
[Somchem S321]*	<<locked>>	84%	31125	67%	**47	94%
Somchem S335	<<locked>>	90%	34098	73%	**47	98%
[Somchem S341]*	<<locked>>	89%	32460	70%	**47	91%
Vihtavuori N120	<<locked>>	83%	38711	83%	**57	100%
Vihtavuori N130	<<locked>>	86%	35752	77%	**50	100%
Vihtavuori N133	<<locked>>	92%	35172	76%	**54	99%
Vihtavuori N140	<<locked>>	92%	31995	69%	**50	97%
[Vihtavuori N530]*	<<locked>>	85%	32329	70%	**50	94%
Vihtavuori N540	<<locked>>	90%	30487	66%	**44	96%
[Winchester 748]*	<<locked>>	84%	30632	66%	**50	94%
[Winchester StaBALL Match]*	<<locked>>	83%	31299	67%	**50	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.