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Reloading
A few reloading questions for a beginner.
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 560067" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p><em>"do you ever pass max load (slowly maybe .5gr at a time) looking for higher velocities..."</em></p><p> </p><p>With a midsize case like your's .5gr increases really aren't what I consider small. And few of us ever venture passed book max, even book max may well be over max for individual rifles. And the benefit of an extra hunderd fps is meaningless in the field anyway, by the time you're shooting at long distances errors in range estimation will greatly out weigh any tiny drop differences due to a few more or less fps.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>".. <em>until you see presure signs then back off a half grain or do you just stick with recommended max and let it go at that?"</em></p><p> </p><p>You are a noob, you have a LOT to learn. Do you really want to bet your rifle - or eyes - that you can actually read pressure signs with any certaintly? And I can assure you that if you ARE increasing loads by .5gr and see over pressure signs you were well passed a safe max so backing down one step sure won't give you much safety. (And that's just a small sample of what you need to know but don't yet.)</p><p> </p><p>What I do doesn't matter, you don't have a clue how well I reload or how safe I am; stick to no more than what your book suggests - if that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 560067, member: 9215"] [I]"do you ever pass max load (slowly maybe .5gr at a time) looking for higher velocities..."[/I] With a midsize case like your's .5gr increases really aren't what I consider small. And few of us ever venture passed book max, even book max may well be over max for individual rifles. And the benefit of an extra hunderd fps is meaningless in the field anyway, by the time you're shooting at long distances errors in range estimation will greatly out weigh any tiny drop differences due to a few more or less fps. ".. [I]until you see presure signs then back off a half grain or do you just stick with recommended max and let it go at that?"[/I] You are a noob, you have a LOT to learn. Do you really want to bet your rifle - or eyes - that you can actually read pressure signs with any certaintly? And I can assure you that if you ARE increasing loads by .5gr and see over pressure signs you were well passed a safe max so backing down one step sure won't give you much safety. (And that's just a small sample of what you need to know but don't yet.) What I do doesn't matter, you don't have a clue how well I reload or how safe I am; stick to no more than what your book suggests - if that. [/QUOTE]
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