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Alternatives to QuickLOAD?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 412153" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>Good point. QuickLoad does have limitations and works better for some cartridges and powders than others - which is why backing off, working up, and using a chronograph to confirm results is about mandatory. </p><p> </p><p>It doesn't work well for small cases - predicitons for my Hornet with Lil'Gun are not very good. Same for my .17 Remington - although it is closer to what I get than the Hornady manual is. </p><p> </p><p>However for my .223, .22-250, .243, .30-06, and 7mmMAG it is remarkably good. I've done analysis for some other folks now and then and discovered the SW works quite well for the big long range cartridges.</p><p> </p><p>It's like any other engineering analysis tool - it is only as accurate as the data put into it and the consistancy of the assumptions on which the model is based with the situation being modeled. The manual has a rather detailed discussion of the trade offs that went into the design of QuickLoad. </p><p> </p><p>All that said, QuickLoad is frequently a better predictor of the muzzle velocity I'll get with a particular load than the reloading manual I took the load from.</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 412153, member: 19372"] Good point. QuickLoad does have limitations and works better for some cartridges and powders than others - which is why backing off, working up, and using a chronograph to confirm results is about mandatory. It doesn't work well for small cases - predicitons for my Hornet with Lil'Gun are not very good. Same for my .17 Remington - although it is closer to what I get than the Hornady manual is. However for my .223, .22-250, .243, .30-06, and 7mmMAG it is remarkably good. I've done analysis for some other folks now and then and discovered the SW works quite well for the big long range cartridges. It's like any other engineering analysis tool - it is only as accurate as the data put into it and the consistancy of the assumptions on which the model is based with the situation being modeled. The manual has a rather detailed discussion of the trade offs that went into the design of QuickLoad. All that said, QuickLoad is frequently a better predictor of the muzzle velocity I'll get with a particular load than the reloading manual I took the load from. Fitch [/QUOTE]
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