ORIGINAL: 338
He was loading some 270 bullets that my uncle had previously loaded for me. The orginal load was H-4831 behind 150gr NBT with cci 200 primers my friend thinking that IMR 4831 and H 4831 were the same loaded them with the H 4831 with cci 250 primers. Well the loads have worked fine with just some minor cratering of the primer. I am about to load for this gun again and I am not sure if I want to use the excessive load this time. Has anybody loaded a 270 this hot. It is a M-70 push feed. This load is almost 3gr higher than the Hornady book says is MAX ...
Dear 338....
"It seems very difficult to impress most reloaders with the fact that every rifle is an individual, and what proves to be a maximum load in one may be quite mild in another, and vice versa." Bob Hagel, GAME LOADS AND PRACTICAL BALLISTICS FOR THE AMERICAN HUNTER, 1977
I never get tired of quoting this. [b] Anyone who tells you that the load you are using "is way over max" or that your pressures are "incredible" is whistlin' Dixie, because none of them know how ANY load will perform in your individual rifle without TESTING IT IN YOUR GUN!! O.K.??