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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 376734" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>It will depend on what brass you use, how you size it and where you seat the bullets.</p><p> </p><p>As others have said, start low and work up carefully. Retumbo is a fairly forgiving powder being as slow as it is, but always carefully and as your load becomes over 100%, tap the powder. I do this by gently tapping the case head, slightly angled, with my finger over the mouth, on a piece of soft wood, then seat the bullet.</p><p> </p><p>I personally don't like "over-compressed" loads. Reason being, they can cause the bullet to push back out. i have loaded some cases in my 300 RUM during load development that I need to cam the lever down several times to get the bullet to remain seated. I would never go with that type of load for hunting, but in case it was max, it's good know and shoot it. I think the best possible case fill is a very slightly compressed load, tapped out. But I shoot the max accurate load whatever it is.</p><p> </p><p>Good shooting,</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 376734, member: 11717"] It will depend on what brass you use, how you size it and where you seat the bullets. As others have said, start low and work up carefully. Retumbo is a fairly forgiving powder being as slow as it is, but always carefully and as your load becomes over 100%, tap the powder. I do this by gently tapping the case head, slightly angled, with my finger over the mouth, on a piece of soft wood, then seat the bullet. I personally don't like "over-compressed" loads. Reason being, they can cause the bullet to push back out. i have loaded some cases in my 300 RUM during load development that I need to cam the lever down several times to get the bullet to remain seated. I would never go with that type of load for hunting, but in case it was max, it's good know and shoot it. I think the best possible case fill is a very slightly compressed load, tapped out. But I shoot the max accurate load whatever it is. Good shooting, Mark [/QUOTE]
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