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Reloading
Old recipe deemed Unsafe in new manuals. Suggestions?
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<blockquote data-quote="cabelasken" data-source="post: 2263249" data-attributes="member: 117774"><p>You are exactly right. I have a handed down 264 win mag that I wanted to work up some loads for so I took two manuals, averaged the heaviest load listed and reduced that by 5 %. However, I didn't have any of the specific bullets listed, so I used one of a different manufacturer, but of the same wt. Primer was different also, but according to the charts, it was not as hot as the one listed in the two manuals. First shot seemed fine except the primer was a little cratered. Second shot was a sticky bolt so I stopped there. Velocity was a little higher than what I expected, about 50 FPS, but the sticky bolt was enough for me. I went back and checked my seating depth and everything else I could think of but they were all OK. Upon checking three other manuals or reference materials I had, the max listed had a 5% variation on recipies and i had used the two with the highest published amounts. I know now to start 10% down max listings, especially if I'm not using the exact same bullet as used for the testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cabelasken, post: 2263249, member: 117774"] You are exactly right. I have a handed down 264 win mag that I wanted to work up some loads for so I took two manuals, averaged the heaviest load listed and reduced that by 5 %. However, I didn't have any of the specific bullets listed, so I used one of a different manufacturer, but of the same wt. Primer was different also, but according to the charts, it was not as hot as the one listed in the two manuals. First shot seemed fine except the primer was a little cratered. Second shot was a sticky bolt so I stopped there. Velocity was a little higher than what I expected, about 50 FPS, but the sticky bolt was enough for me. I went back and checked my seating depth and everything else I could think of but they were all OK. Upon checking three other manuals or reference materials I had, the max listed had a 5% variation on recipies and i had used the two with the highest published amounts. I know now to start 10% down max listings, especially if I'm not using the exact same bullet as used for the testing. [/QUOTE]
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