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Am I about to blow my face off?
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<blockquote data-quote="JSHKS" data-source="post: 2119242" data-attributes="member: 103581"><p>Having a chrono and understanding what it tells you is a major thing. </p><p></p><p>"Signs" as we refer to them, me included, we are well into a danger zone when we see them. Without a true pressure reading piece of equipment we are all pretty much guessing. </p><p>Throat and chamber variations will make a big difference from one persons XYZ cartridge to the next. </p><p>Speed and pressure fall hand in hand. Yet I shoot a fair bit of lilgun in several cartridges, straight and bottle necked, with some fairly high speeds with zero "signs" of pressure. </p><p></p><p>It's above my pay grade so to speak. A phone call or email to a bullet or powder manufacturer may well be a good route to take. </p><p></p><p>I just built a 17 Remington a while back. Knowing it is a speed demon anyway, I got some ridiculous speeds with excellent accuracy, like 4400FPS and I was t to the top of my ladder yet!</p><p>I quit and looked else where and still came away with higher than normal speeds, at not much over a start load. I ran my info by a lab that does load work. They pretty much told me a premium barrel had benefits of speed, in a nut shell it's a fast barrel and I should play the lotto for a while. </p><p>I run a start load with what many chase to get with a hot load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JSHKS, post: 2119242, member: 103581"] Having a chrono and understanding what it tells you is a major thing. “Signs” as we refer to them, me included, we are well into a danger zone when we see them. Without a true pressure reading piece of equipment we are all pretty much guessing. Throat and chamber variations will make a big difference from one persons XYZ cartridge to the next. Speed and pressure fall hand in hand. Yet I shoot a fair bit of lilgun in several cartridges, straight and bottle necked, with some fairly high speeds with zero “signs” of pressure. It’s above my pay grade so to speak. A phone call or email to a bullet or powder manufacturer may well be a good route to take. I just built a 17 Remington a while back. Knowing it is a speed demon anyway, I got some ridiculous speeds with excellent accuracy, like 4400FPS and I was t to the top of my ladder yet! I quit and looked else where and still came away with higher than normal speeds, at not much over a start load. I ran my info by a lab that does load work. They pretty much told me a premium barrel had benefits of speed, in a nut shell it’s a fast barrel and I should play the lotto for a while. I run a start load with what many chase to get with a hot load. [/QUOTE]
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