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Old 11-12-2017, 03:23 PM
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Nomercy448
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Yup - your rifle and your brass will tell you when to stop. We really don't have any idea where the pressure of our loads line up compared to book data, so if you want more speed, listening to your brass and your rifle will tell you more than the reloading manual.

If a guy is really going after speed, he can work up a dummy round which matches their mag length, or be happy loading single shot style, and then have a smith throat their chamber for that seating depth. Gives about as much powder capacity as possible with their given chamber, before going to something like an improved shoulder or larger case.

Sometimes the manuals are right on the money, sometimes they're slow, sometimes fast, sometimes real world rifles start crying uncle before we even hit a max load, and sometimes a "max load" in the book is a few whole grains below anything which would give any pressure signs... Just gotta know your rifle and cartridge, and listen when your bolt or brass tell you to stop.
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