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<blockquote data-quote="el matador" data-source="post: 1297415" data-attributes="member: 12193"><p>That's an interesting thought, Scratch. I know the long freebore helps reduce pressure in the Weatherby rifles, but seating the bullet out further should also reduce pressure. I don't know exactly where the tipping point would be - the length where pressure starts going up because you're too close to the lands. Might have to experiment a little with that. To be clear, I have not seen any of the telltale pressure signs yet with the 300 grain Bergers. No sticky extraction, no marks on the case head, no obvious primer issues. All I've seen is that the edges of my primers are a bit less rounded than my 250 grain Accubond loads. I didn't notice much difference in the primers between 116.0 and 118.0 grains of powder. I guess I just assume the pressure is getting up there due to the high velocity. </p><p></p><p>If I do find good accuracy with the Bergers I'll dedicate a batch of cases to this load and see how many firings I can get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el matador, post: 1297415, member: 12193"] That's an interesting thought, Scratch. I know the long freebore helps reduce pressure in the Weatherby rifles, but seating the bullet out further should also reduce pressure. I don't know exactly where the tipping point would be - the length where pressure starts going up because you're too close to the lands. Might have to experiment a little with that. To be clear, I have not seen any of the telltale pressure signs yet with the 300 grain Bergers. No sticky extraction, no marks on the case head, no obvious primer issues. All I've seen is that the edges of my primers are a bit less rounded than my 250 grain Accubond loads. I didn't notice much difference in the primers between 116.0 and 118.0 grains of powder. I guess I just assume the pressure is getting up there due to the high velocity. If I do find good accuracy with the Bergers I'll dedicate a batch of cases to this load and see how many firings I can get. [/QUOTE]
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