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<blockquote data-quote="PapaSmurff" data-source="post: 2784883" data-attributes="member: 118512"><p>Somehow your quickloads results did come out differently than mine. Yours is showing a velocity of 2,843 fps whereas mine is coming out to a true velocity of 2,785-2,790 fps (which is what my rifle is getting). Like I said in a previous post: The 225 grain Hornady factory ammo is going 2,750-2,760 fps, a difference of only 30-40 fps so I feel fine about my load pressures in this particular rifle. I would never be comfortable shooting 75-80,000 psi and I wouldn't do it either.. This rifle is not putting out that much pressure. I know what pressure signs look like and I know what it feels like when rifles are firing in higher pressures. It simply is not that high; I can believe 69,000 psi possibly, but it doesn't even seem that much. I can barely tell any difference between my loads and factory ammunition when firing each. On Quickloads you always want to match 3 main criteria: the cartridge length, the actual H2O capacity of your fired cases, and the velocity you're actually achieving. Don't always go by the powder charge weight because often times that number seems to be wrong to some degree. The bullet velocity with all the other correct parameters installed (no matter whatever the powder charge weight says) will denote the correct psi.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PapaSmurff, post: 2784883, member: 118512"] Somehow your quickloads results did come out differently than mine. Yours is showing a velocity of 2,843 fps whereas mine is coming out to a true velocity of 2,785-2,790 fps (which is what my rifle is getting). Like I said in a previous post: The 225 grain Hornady factory ammo is going 2,750-2,760 fps, a difference of only 30-40 fps so I feel fine about my load pressures in this particular rifle. I would never be comfortable shooting 75-80,000 psi and I wouldn’t do it either.. This rifle is not putting out that much pressure. I know what pressure signs look like and I know what it feels like when rifles are firing in higher pressures. It simply is not that high; I can believe 69,000 psi possibly, but it doesn’t even seem that much. I can barely tell any difference between my loads and factory ammunition when firing each. On Quickloads you always want to match 3 main criteria: the cartridge length, the actual H2O capacity of your fired cases, and the velocity you’re actually achieving. Don’t always go by the powder charge weight because often times that number seems to be wrong to some degree. The bullet velocity with all the other correct parameters installed (no matter whatever the powder charge weight says) will denote the correct psi. [/QUOTE]
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