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7mm 08 help
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<blockquote data-quote="ShootnMathews" data-source="post: 1160293" data-attributes="member: 59915"><p>I'm still working with this gun in my spare time. Which hasn't been much. I think I have the powder charge narrowed down and am trying to tune the seating depth. I thought I had it pretty narrowed down and loaded a 3 shot group to try right before dark this evening. And here is why I'm even posting, I loaded them up went out and shot. Group was 1-1/8". Not what I expected and the recoil was pretty stout. I pack all my stuff in and am studying the puzzle of the poor grouping when it dawns on me, I used the wrong powder. In my tired and dazed state I grabbed the powder that I use in my 6.5-284, I suppose just because I loaded some for it last week and had that powder (H4831sc) stuck in my mind. </p><p></p><p>So I mostly posted this to say, be careful, especially when you are tired. I am not a novice loader. This is the first time I have ever done this and am lucky that it's a powder that can be switched without catastrophe. I should have had lower pressures than the compressed load of H4350 I'm using. The brass and bolt lift showed no signs of high pressure. My load book shows a compressed load with H4831sc also, only a much slower FPS</p><p></p><p>I'll update some more later as I get my load refined.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShootnMathews, post: 1160293, member: 59915"] I'm still working with this gun in my spare time. Which hasn't been much. I think I have the powder charge narrowed down and am trying to tune the seating depth. I thought I had it pretty narrowed down and loaded a 3 shot group to try right before dark this evening. And here is why I'm even posting, I loaded them up went out and shot. Group was 1-1/8". Not what I expected and the recoil was pretty stout. I pack all my stuff in and am studying the puzzle of the poor grouping when it dawns on me, I used the wrong powder. In my tired and dazed state I grabbed the powder that I use in my 6.5-284, I suppose just because I loaded some for it last week and had that powder (H4831sc) stuck in my mind. So I mostly posted this to say, be careful, especially when you are tired. I am not a novice loader. This is the first time I have ever done this and am lucky that it's a powder that can be switched without catastrophe. I should have had lower pressures than the compressed load of H4350 I'm using. The brass and bolt lift showed no signs of high pressure. My load book shows a compressed load with H4831sc also, only a much slower FPS I'll update some more later as I get my load refined. [/QUOTE]
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