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338-375 Ruger Demon
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<blockquote data-quote="Goss" data-source="post: 1041934" data-attributes="member: 87830"><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Greetings,</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I've gone through this thread looking for loading data, as along with therest of the world am also playing around with the 338/375Ruger.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What has me puzzled so far, is the repeated phrase "no signs ofpressure" without any reference to measurement.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When I build up a wildcat load it's with new brass and a micrometer. Areasonable powder / bullet / primer combination are selected with a very lowstarting point, then slowly I start working the load with new brass until headexpansion is detected. A load that expands the head by .0003 will not show upin a primer pocket for over a dozen reloads, but is still showing a measurablesign of too much pressure.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What exactly are you folks here measuring in order to determine a safeworking load?</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Right now, one load I have used with only .0002 worth of head diametergrowth is 80gr. IMR 4831 / CCI Rifle Mag Primer / 200gr. Hornady. That loadclocks 3050. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks for the thread. It's proving to be an interesting one.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goss, post: 1041934, member: 87830"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Greetings,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I've gone through this thread looking for loading data, as along with therest of the world am also playing around with the 338/375Ruger.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]What has me puzzled so far, is the repeated phrase "no signs ofpressure" without any reference to measurement.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]When I build up a wildcat load it's with new brass and a micrometer. Areasonable powder / bullet / primer combination are selected with a very lowstarting point, then slowly I start working the load with new brass until headexpansion is detected. A load that expands the head by .0003 will not show upin a primer pocket for over a dozen reloads, but is still showing a measurablesign of too much pressure.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]What exactly are you folks here measuring in order to determine a safeworking load?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Right now, one load I have used with only .0002 worth of head diametergrowth is 80gr. IMR 4831 / CCI Rifle Mag Primer / 200gr. Hornady. That loadclocks 3050. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Thanks for the thread. It's proving to be an interesting one.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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