[Black Diamond 408]

Rp

To post charge weights is not allways best, you dont know what your getting by someone elses posts. If i post 131grns Re-25 3000fps for a 408 C-T rifle, sounds real nice and maybe in his rifle its ok or maybe not. You read this post and say "wow i'm going to try that in my rifle" you load some test rounds up, go to the range, Booom! your bolt wont move? you just loaded up a cartridge that in all possiblity was 6grns over max. Who's fault is that? I have seen this happen many a time over, what "may" work in one rifle, wont work in "many" others. No matter what loads are posted here, i still start much lower and work up. Another example, Kirby has his 338AM i have the 338Snipe-Tac, basicly the same round. His gun is a monster bench rifle, 40" bbl, 2" action. My gun is a 16# hunting rifle, 33" bbl, 1.600 dia action. There is no way i can use his loading data in my rifle. When he builds his light hunting version, i suspect then they will be close. There are too many variables in reporting load data. If i post load data i post it low on purpose and say work up to your top loads, or this load may not work in all rifles, this is the most responsible way to do it. Not saying that most people here dont allready know that, but some nubie comes along reads a post on a 300rum shooting 3500fpsm 200grn bullet and loads his up, blows the case or maybe worse, and it does happen. So i guess its up to the poster weather or not he wants to give out such info.
~Just my opinon~