ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I got a question and observation.
I observe that its has been so troublesome to alot of ML hunters that the 150gr loads have hit the scene. Posts, (nothing wrong with them) have been so common place on at least 10 ML forums.
I wonder why? I never have questioned what is too mcuh or too little. If a guy is hunting deer with a 338win mag. I don't care. Doesn't bother me any. Why do some care so much?
Yea I notice the same thing as well.
But I look at it this way, new folks to BP & ML are coming into the sport every day. They have questions and there is a river of mixed signaling floating around at least from a marketing perspective. All of the inline mfg's are puffing about 150gr Magnum loads.
Then you have the powder manufacturers like Hodgdon saying "no more than 100gr regardless of your rifle" and more opinions in the forums like this one than there are stars in the sky.
Plus many folks mix the loading data theories for Inline rifles and Sidelocks. Which I disagree with. These are very close, but the shear nature of the sidelock design really can't tolerate charges up to 150gr. The modern inlines that allow for heaver charges are engineered to do so for additional power and range capabilities.
And, you are loading your own "cartridge in the barrel", which is much different than just grabbing a box of bullets. Talk to center-fire shooters that do their own loading and you will also see much of the same chatter and discussions with new folks coming into hand loading.
Makes me confused and I've been shooting BP for over 35 years. And I've added yet another opinion.
By the way, I read somewhere that you had a EE shingle and were into fiber?
MSEE here, with a major in photonics design.
