New bullet powder combination for me. Worked up a reloading ladder from 67.0 grains to 71.5 grains as recommended in Swift reloading manual. By the time I got to 68 grains I had stiff bolt handle and unable to open bolt.
I called Swift to ask if they had problems with this recommended load and they could not comment. Basically I talked to 2 people who new little about reloading. They recommended I call Alliant Powder the source of the published information in the Swift reloading manual. Called a number of times but have not received a call back yet.
I am using Winchester Cases, WLRM primers, and overall length is at maximum 2.860". All powder for the work-up was weighed electronically.
I eventually extracted the case after lots of problems. Primer totally cratered. Obviously the load was hot. Don't believe my reloading protocol was at fault. Also pulled the bullets and weighed other 68 grain loads and they were fine. This is basically a compressed load of 105% at 72.0 grains. Therefore it would be diffilcult to exceed recommended powder load recommendations.
Wondering if any of you have experience with RL19/300WSM/165 gr Scirocco. By the way I am shooting this load in a Kimber 8400 which implies a generous chamber.
Thanks -
William
I called Swift to ask if they had problems with this recommended load and they could not comment. Basically I talked to 2 people who new little about reloading. They recommended I call Alliant Powder the source of the published information in the Swift reloading manual. Called a number of times but have not received a call back yet.
I am using Winchester Cases, WLRM primers, and overall length is at maximum 2.860". All powder for the work-up was weighed electronically.
I eventually extracted the case after lots of problems. Primer totally cratered. Obviously the load was hot. Don't believe my reloading protocol was at fault. Also pulled the bullets and weighed other 68 grain loads and they were fine. This is basically a compressed load of 105% at 72.0 grains. Therefore it would be diffilcult to exceed recommended powder load recommendations.
Wondering if any of you have experience with RL19/300WSM/165 gr Scirocco. By the way I am shooting this load in a Kimber 8400 which implies a generous chamber.
Thanks -
William
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