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pressure signs at 1 grain over books starting load
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<blockquote data-quote="FAL Shot" data-source="post: 852068" data-attributes="member: 27328"><p>I have found that it's best to forget the minimum and maximum book loads. Both are potentially dangerous. Look at several sources and pick the MIDDLE LOAD that is between the highest low load and the lowest high load. Start in the middle and work in the direction you want to go, which for me is usually the hottest accurate load that is not overpressure.</p><p> </p><p>Many load books do not list the primer, case, barrel length and several other things that are important to how their listed load performed.</p><p> </p><p>In the latest lawyer load manuals, I have had higher pressures at minimum load than maximum load. I generally never fire a load that comes up much below the shoulder of a bottleneck cartridge.</p><p> </p><p>The safest loads are with powders that require you to fill up the case. A filled or slightly compressed load controls ignition much better than a loose load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FAL Shot, post: 852068, member: 27328"] I have found that it's best to forget the minimum and maximum book loads. Both are potentially dangerous. Look at several sources and pick the MIDDLE LOAD that is between the highest low load and the lowest high load. Start in the middle and work in the direction you want to go, which for me is usually the hottest accurate load that is not overpressure. Many load books do not list the primer, case, barrel length and several other things that are important to how their listed load performed. In the latest lawyer load manuals, I have had higher pressures at minimum load than maximum load. I generally never fire a load that comes up much below the shoulder of a bottleneck cartridge. The safest loads are with powders that require you to fill up the case. A filled or slightly compressed load controls ignition much better than a loose load. [/QUOTE]
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