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Old 05-06-2006 | 05:40 AM
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Default RE: Does anyone here find that reloading is a chore?

I can see how one might get burned out with handloading if one had been "operating an ammo factory" with his reloading outfit! I have really never gotten into volume production, and rarely load over 100 rounds of a given load, usually a lot less than that. Most of my loading effort is involved with trying new things - different bullets, new powders, different cartridges, etc.

For example, I recently began developingcast-bullet loads for a recently-acquired .416 Rigby. In addition,I just got a barely-fired Mannlicher-Schoenauer 7x57mm carbine. I am now trying to decide what bullet and powder charge to use in it as its' "standard" load. I am thinking perhaps the 150-grain Nosler Partition bullet with IMR 4350. Can I findan accurate load that will give me in the vicinity of 2700 FPS from that 20" tube using 4350? Or will I have to drop to 140 grain bullets or use 160 grainers?? We'll have to see! I still enjoy trying to find answers to such questions........
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