Load data for 8 x 57 IRS + .323 | 150gr | Brenneke TUG nature+

Recommended Powder(s): Accurate 2495, Accurate 4064, Alliant AR-Comp, IMR 3031, Norma 202

Load Specifications

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Bullet:	.323 \| 150gr \| Brenneke TUG nature+
Bullet Weight:	150gr \| 9.7g
Bullet Diameter:	0.323" \| 8.20mm
Bullet Length:	1.264" \| 32.1mm
Caliber:	8 x 57 IRS load data
Case Length (l3):	2.244" \| 57.0mm
Cartridge Length (C.O.L.):	3.180" \| 80.8mm
Seated Depth:	0.328" \| 8.3mm
Shank Seated Depth:	0.191" \| 4.9mm
Case Capacity:	64.0 Grains of Water \| 4.16 cm³
Primer Size:	Large Rifle (LR)
Max. allowed Pressure:	47863 psi \| 3300 bar
LID:	LID_B1178_C1173
Last updated:	2025-02-02
Recommended Twist Rate:	1:12 - 1:10

Load data for 128 loads in caliber 8 x 57 IRS with .323 | 150gr | Brenneke TUG nature+ bullet and 64 powders such as Accurate 2495, Accurate 4064, Alliant AR-Comp, 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>>	90%	42627	89%	**59	95%
[ADI AR 2208]*	<<locked>>	95%	42728	89%	**33	94%
Accurate 2015	<<locked>>	86%	42627	89%	**10	100%
[Accurate 2200]*	<<locked>>	87%	42250	88%	**00	92%
Accurate 2230	<<locked>>	84%	42656	89%	**17	96%
Accurate 2460	<<locked>>	84%	42424	89%	**26	97%
Accurate 2495 👍	<<locked>>	91%	42772	89%	**99	100%
Accurate 2520	<<locked>>	90%	42931	90%	**92	98%
Accurate 4064 👍	<<locked>>	97%	43004	90%	**05	99%
Alliant AR-Comp 👍	<<locked>>	90%	43018	90%	**99	100%
Alliant Reloder- TS 15.5	<<locked>>	97%	43033	90%	**95	96%
[Alliant Reloder-15]*	<<locked>>	94%	42859	90%	**82	94%
[Alliant Reloder-17]*	<<locked>>	97%	38783	81%	**46	93%
[Baschieri & Pellagri 107]*	<<locked>>	90%	42830	89%	**72	93%
Hodgdon BL-C2	<<locked>>	89%	42438	89%	**89	96%
Hodgdon Benchmark	<<locked>>	86%	43018	90%	**00	97%
[Hodgdon CFE223]*	<<locked>>	95%	43062	90%	**02	93%
Hodgdon H322	<<locked>>	86%	42540	89%	**56	99%
[Hodgdon H380]*	<<locked>>	95%	42250	88%	**56	92%
[Hodgdon VARGET]*	<<locked>>	95%	42337	88%	**26	93%
Hodgdon TrailBoss	<<locked>>	96%	31865	67%	**36	100%
IMR 3031 👍	<<locked>>	94%	42192	88%	**08	100%
[IMR 4064]*	<<locked>>	96%	42801	89%	**33	94%
IMR 4895	<<locked>>	93%	42786	89%	**95	95%
IMR 8208 XBR	<<locked>>	88%	42815	89%	**40	96%
Lovex D073.4	<<locked>>	83%	42772	89%	**30	97%
Lovex D073.5	<<locked>>	85%	42699	89%	**40	97%
Lovex D073.6	<<locked>>	91%	42670	89%	**89	98%
Lovex S060	<<locked>>	89%	42772	89%	**84	95%
Lovex S062	<<locked>>	94%	42337	88%	**43	96%
Norma 201	<<locked>>	91%	42989	90%	**46	96%
Norma 202 👍	<<locked>>	90%	42250	88%	**56	99%
Norma 203B	<<locked>>	94%	42685	89%	**82	95%
[Ramshot Big Game]*	<<locked>>	94%	42366	89%	**89	94%
Ramshot Wild Boar	<<locked>>	89%	43033	90%	**72	95%
[Ramshot X-Terminator]*	<<locked>>	85%	42511	89%	**03	94%
ReloadSwiss RS 14	<<locked>>	96%	31879	67%	**75	100%
ReloadSwiss RS 40	<<locked>>	84%	43004	90%	**46	98%
ReloadSwiss RS 52	<<locked>>	95%	42757	89%	**31	97%
[ReloadSwiss RS 60]*	<<locked>>	97%	37768	79%	**17	93%
Rottweil R 901	<<locked>>	87%	42786	89%	**23	98%
Rottweil R 902	<<locked>>	92%	42322	88%	**23	96%
Rottweil R 903	<<locked>>	97%	39914	83%	**33	95%
[SNPE Vectan SP 11]*	<<locked>>	96%	41669	87%	**79	94%
[SNPE Vectan SP 7]*	<<locked>>	89%	42496	89%	**20	92%
SNPE Vectan SP 9	<<locked>>	91%	42975	90%	**62	95%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 3000	<<locked>>	89%	43018	90%	**77	99%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 5000	<<locked>>	95%	42757	89%	**87	99%
Shooters World Match Rifle	<<locked>>	91%	42670	89%	**89	98%
Shooters World Precision	<<locked>>	94%	42337	88%	**43	96%
Somchem S321	<<locked>>	86%	42656	89%	**59	97%
Somchem S335	<<locked>>	89%	42163	88%	**80	99%
[Somchem S341]*	<<locked>>	90%	42888	90%	**43	94%
Somchem S355	<<locked>>	97%	40727	85%	**36	95%
Vihtavuori N130	<<locked>>	85%	42931	90%	**77	100%
Vihtavuori N133	<<locked>>	91%	42917	90%	**90	100%
Vihtavuori N135	<<locked>>	97%	38899	81%	**87	99%
Vihtavuori N140	<<locked>>	93%	42525	89%	**36	99%
[Vihtavuori N150]*	<<locked>>	97%	34737	73%	**79	94%
Vihtavuori N530	<<locked>>	86%	42380	89%	**40	96%
Vihtavuori N540	<<locked>>	93%	42482	89%	**56	98%
[Winchester 6.5 StaBALL]*	<<locked>>	97%	36840	77%	**89	92%
Winchester 748	<<locked>>	87%	42960	90%	**02	97%
Winchester StaBALL Match	<<locked>>	85%	42525	89%	**69	95%

Max Load - Barrel Length: 23.60''

Powder	Charge	FR	MaxP	%	V(0)	z
[ADI AR 2206H]*	<<locked>>	81%	32474	68%	**23	91%
[ADI AR 2208]*	<<locked>>	88%	34360	72%	**43	90%
Accurate 2015	<<locked>>	81%	36695	77%	**95	99%
[Accurate 2200]*	<<locked>>	83%	36579	76%	**72	90%
[Accurate 2230]*	<<locked>>	81%	38130	80%	**28	94%
Accurate 2460	<<locked>>	81%	38101	80%	**41	96%
Accurate 2495	<<locked>>	81%	30574	64%	**30	98%
Accurate 2520	<<locked>>	81%	31879	67%	**49	95%
[Accurate 4064]*	<<locked>>	81%	25875	54%	**88	93%
Alliant AR-Comp	<<locked>>	81%	32155	67%	**69	100%
[Alliant Reloder- TS 15.5]*	<<locked>>	84%	29153	61%	**61	90%
[Alliant Reloder-15]*	<<locked>>	86%	33692	70%	**75	90%
[Alliant Reloder-17]*	<<locked>>	93%	34214	71%	**21	90%
[Baschieri & Pellagri 107]*	<<locked>>	85%	36085	75%	**15	90%
[Hodgdon BL-C2]*	<<locked>>	81%	32010	67%	**56	92%
Hodgdon Benchmark	<<locked>>	81%	36709	77%	**59	95%
[Hodgdon CFE223]*	<<locked>>	90%	37507	78%	**74	90%
Hodgdon H322	<<locked>>	81%	35810	75%	**12	98%
[Hodgdon H380]*	<<locked>>	92%	37753	79%	**57	90%
[Hodgdon VARGET]*	<<locked>>	88%	34171	71%	**36	90%
Hodgdon TrailBoss	<<locked>>	86%	27383	57%	**40	100%
IMR 3031	<<locked>>	81%	28297	59%	**70	96%
[IMR 4064]*	<<locked>>	88%	33185	69%	**13	90%
[IMR 4895]*	<<locked>>	84%	31966	67%	**49	90%
[IMR 8208 XBR]*	<<locked>>	81%	34418	72%	**52	93%
Lovex D073.4	<<locked>>	81%	39856	83%	**61	96%
Lovex D073.5	<<locked>>	81%	37652	79%	**31	96%
[Lovex D073.6]*	<<locked>>	81%	29617	62%	**87	94%
[Lovex S060]*	<<locked>>	81%	33852	71%	**80	91%
[Lovex S062]*	<<locked>>	81%	28282	59%	**08	90%
[Norma 201]*	<<locked>>	81%	31560	66%	**77	92%
Norma 202	<<locked>>	81%	31314	65%	**07	95%
[Norma 203B]*	<<locked>>	85%	31792	66%	**33	90%
[Ramshot Big Game]*	<<locked>>	87%	33736	70%	**79	90%
[Ramshot Wild Boar]*	<<locked>>	81%	32982	69%	**39	91%
[Ramshot X-Terminator]*	<<locked>>	81%	37536	78%	**98	93%
ReloadSwiss RS 14	<<locked>>	83%	26034	54%	**47	100%
ReloadSwiss RS 40	<<locked>>	81%	38609	81%	**51	97%
[ReloadSwiss RS 52]*	<<locked>>	83%	28137	59%	**57	90%
[ReloadSwiss RS 60]*	<<locked>>	93%	33330	70%	**95	90%
Rottweil R 901	<<locked>>	81%	35172	73%	**59	96%
[Rottweil R 902]*	<<locked>>	81%	30037	63%	**31	91%
[Rottweil R 903]*	<<locked>>	88%	29472	62%	**77	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 11]*	<<locked>>	89%	33446	70%	**75	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 7]*	<<locked>>	86%	38014	79%	**31	90%
[SNPE Vectan SP 9]*	<<locked>>	82%	32213	67%	**13	90%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 3000	<<locked>>	81%	33750	71%	**80	96%
SNPE Vectan Tubal 5000	<<locked>>	81%	27180	57%	**23	95%
[Shooters World Match Rifle]*	<<locked>>	81%	29617	62%	**87	94%
[Shooters World Precision]*	<<locked>>	81%	28282	59%	**08	90%
[Somchem S321]*	<<locked>>	81%	36318	76%	**15	94%
Somchem S335	<<locked>>	81%	32764	68%	**80	97%
[Somchem S341]*	<<locked>>	82%	32851	69%	**20	90%
[Somchem S355]*	<<locked>>	87%	30414	64%	**84	90%
Vihtavuori N130	<<locked>>	81%	37652	79%	**75	100%
Vihtavuori N133	<<locked>>	81%	31285	65%	**41	98%
[Vihtavuori N135]*	<<locked>>	81%	24105	50%	**00	94%
Vihtavuori N140	<<locked>>	81%	29269	61%	**28	95%
[Vihtavuori N150]*	<<locked>>	88%	26847	56%	**69	90%
[Vihtavuori N530]*	<<locked>>	81%	35795	75%	**02	94%
[Vihtavuori N540]*	<<locked>>	81%	29051	61%	**48	94%
[Winchester 6.5 StaBALL]*	<<locked>>	94%	33243	69%	**00	90%
Winchester 748	<<locked>>	81%	35157	73%	**31	95%
[Winchester StaBALL Match]*	<<locked>>	81%	37623	79%	**64	94%

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.