alleyyooper

2800FPS is plenty fast enough to do the job and is dead on all the way out to 300 yards on my home range.
I can not see the need to stuff more powder in a case just to get more speed that isn't needed.
I am retired now and live on a fixed income so every pound of powder I stretch out by finding loads that work with the least powder keeps me shooting more longer.

While back was in the barber shop. Young whipper snapper comes in with half his right arm bandaged up and some on the side of his head also.
Was one of those speed demons and found the limit on how much powder he could stuff in a 41 mag.

Al

Topgun 3006

Lucky all he got was minor injuries like that!!! I'm really surprised with as many that are reloading that a lot more stuff like that isn't happening.

alleyyooper

I my self would not call over 140 stiches in one arm and the side of the head minor.
I looked in My manual (45th Lyman) and the load I use it is 2808FPS, can use more powder to get 3200FPS but I see no reason.

Al

Topgun 3006

I didn't see any mention of 140 stitches in his comment and my "minor" comment was more to the effect that he still had his eyes and other body parts!

SecondChance

I picked up some 100grn BTSP's today and brass should be here by end of week. I am thinking that around the 2800-3000fps is right with these proj's. The target will tell me all I want to know. Then the pigs and deer will tell us the rest!!!

Topgun 3006

According to the Hornady ballistics chart my 33 grains of IMR 4064 is putting out those Hornady 100 Grain BTSPs at about 2725fps and they are more than doing the job on antelope and that one hog I posted. The chart shows I could go up to a max of 34.2 grains to get 2800fps, but I quit at 33 grains when it put them all in one hole and with my bad eyes I won't be going out to more than 300 yards on any antelope.

duckslayer82

Not sure if your dead set on reloading or if you are even interested in a factory load but I will tell you what I have been amazed with. I killed a doe early season with my wife's browning abolt 243 and I Bought the federal in the red box 100 gr nosler partition and man that is an amazing little bullet. Shot the doe at 75 yards. She was quartering to me and I broke her neck and bullet exited behind left shoulder. I cld stick three fingers in the whole on exit side.Not much more to say then wow out of a 100 gr bullet

SecondChance

Would be rather silly to go look at factory when I have loaded for so many years not too mention that I just picked up all this loading components to load for this couple for her rifle. Would be rather expensive to pay what factory loads cost to only find that none of them shoot well in her rifle where I can build a custom load that drives tacks!!!!

alleyyooper

Not to mention that finding factory ammo most places in American is like looking for a needle in a hay stack.

Wish I could reload my 22 rim fires too.

Al

SecondChance

Can I get an "AMEN" brother!!!!!!!!!!