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Min Max loads for unlisted powder
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<blockquote data-quote="Lonewolf74" data-source="post: 1307296" data-attributes="member: 96274"><p>It's not bad at all to be cautious but like you said it's max for that particular rifle/load combo. If you really wanna see where max is for your rifle load in half grain increments over max till you hit pressure signs. In all my rifles and powder combos I've tested I've been able to go a grain or 2 over published max before getting pressure. </p><p></p><p>A good example I have is my 243 using RL25 and 105 bergers. Listed max from Berger is 45.6 gr I loaded rounds from 43 to 47.5 gr in half gr increments all bullets seated to touching lands and at nearly 2gr over published max I only had very slightly flattened primers, no other marks or pressure signs. I had an accuracy node at 45-45.5gr and another at 46.5gr. After some more testing I settled on 45.5gr because it seemed to be a wider node being able to go down to 45gr and up to 45.8gr without groups opening up much. And at this charge even though I'm 1/10 of a gr under listed max I'm 2gr under max for my rifle bullet combo and confident I'll never see pressure issues with temp changes.</p><p></p><p>Now that I think about it I think the node I've found for all my rifles is about 2gr under max but it's the max I found for my rifle not published max. I would put in the work to find this and have the best safe performance you can from your combo. Of course be cautious and inspect every case very carefully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lonewolf74, post: 1307296, member: 96274"] It's not bad at all to be cautious but like you said it's max for that particular rifle/load combo. If you really wanna see where max is for your rifle load in half grain increments over max till you hit pressure signs. In all my rifles and powder combos I've tested I've been able to go a grain or 2 over published max before getting pressure. A good example I have is my 243 using RL25 and 105 bergers. Listed max from Berger is 45.6 gr I loaded rounds from 43 to 47.5 gr in half gr increments all bullets seated to touching lands and at nearly 2gr over published max I only had very slightly flattened primers, no other marks or pressure signs. I had an accuracy node at 45-45.5gr and another at 46.5gr. After some more testing I settled on 45.5gr because it seemed to be a wider node being able to go down to 45gr and up to 45.8gr without groups opening up much. And at this charge even though I'm 1/10 of a gr under listed max I'm 2gr under max for my rifle bullet combo and confident I'll never see pressure issues with temp changes. Now that I think about it I think the node I've found for all my rifles is about 2gr under max but it's the max I found for my rifle not published max. I would put in the work to find this and have the best safe performance you can from your combo. Of course be cautious and inspect every case very carefully. [/QUOTE]
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