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7-08 & Reloder 17 -19
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<blockquote data-quote="jimbires" data-source="post: 545911" data-attributes="member: 11011"><p>I have a 24"bbl . using a Berger 140 hunting with a COAL of 2.845 . a case water capacity of 55.3 , I'm using norma brass . quickload says I have 102.7% case fill . quickload rates the 7-08 at 60191 psi max . this load has 68252 psi , so yes it is over by 8000psi . yes I have miked the case head on once fired brass , it's under .0003. some measured .0002 some under .0002 a couple just over .0002 . I have some brass thats been loaded 4 times and some that have been loaded 5 times the primer pockets are still tight . quickload says 47.2 grains is max ,60179psi with a velocity of 2971 FPS 98.9% case fill . </p><p></p><p>quickload varget data . </p><p>same everything as above only change is varget powder . max is 43.9 60246 PSI ( over just a little ) with a velocity of 2881 FPS case fill 99.8% . so it's a little more PSI and 90 FPS slower . Jim</p><p></p><p></p><p> the nice thing for me is this COAL will feed from my magazine , and I'm at the lands .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimbires, post: 545911, member: 11011"] I have a 24"bbl . using a Berger 140 hunting with a COAL of 2.845 . a case water capacity of 55.3 , I'm using norma brass . quickload says I have 102.7% case fill . quickload rates the 7-08 at 60191 psi max . this load has 68252 psi , so yes it is over by 8000psi . yes I have miked the case head on once fired brass , it's under .0003. some measured .0002 some under .0002 a couple just over .0002 . I have some brass thats been loaded 4 times and some that have been loaded 5 times the primer pockets are still tight . quickload says 47.2 grains is max ,60179psi with a velocity of 2971 FPS 98.9% case fill . quickload varget data . same everything as above only change is varget powder . max is 43.9 60246 PSI ( over just a little ) with a velocity of 2881 FPS case fill 99.8% . so it's a little more PSI and 90 FPS slower . Jim the nice thing for me is this COAL will feed from my magazine , and I'm at the lands . [/QUOTE]
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