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Reloading
Powder charge and seating depth
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 2432685" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p>Not from what I've seen... many rifles I have are actually running published speed a bit below max. charge. Most of the wiggle room is set aside for component variations, not lawyers. I've seen factory ammo and book loads hit north of 70 Kpsi on a strain gauge. You Can probably get by with 75 Kpsi if you don't want brass life and you don't really like your rifling or your face though.</p><p>If you want more performance, buy a bigger hammer. Running it harder will just burn you eventually. Kinda reminds me of when everyone was running rl33 hard as heck in the 300rum with 220-230 grain pills, until they started blowing brass in hot weather. They were running 100-102 grains; I said 95 was about max. from what I'd seen. I'm still getting 3,000 fps from rl33 safely; those who didn't heed velocity as a pressure warning (some were at 3150-3200 fps) still grouse that rl33 is a problem powder when it is in fact dangerous reloading habits on their part that were the primary issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 2432685, member: 48043"] Not from what I've seen... many rifles I have are actually running published speed a bit below max. charge. Most of the wiggle room is set aside for component variations, not lawyers. I've seen factory ammo and book loads hit north of 70 Kpsi on a strain gauge. You Can probably get by with 75 Kpsi if you don't want brass life and you don't really like your rifling or your face though. If you want more performance, buy a bigger hammer. Running it harder will just burn you eventually. Kinda reminds me of when everyone was running rl33 hard as heck in the 300rum with 220-230 grain pills, until they started blowing brass in hot weather. They were running 100-102 grains; I said 95 was about max. from what I'd seen. I'm still getting 3,000 fps from rl33 safely; those who didn't heed velocity as a pressure warning (some were at 3150-3200 fps) still grouse that rl33 is a problem powder when it is in fact dangerous reloading habits on their part that were the primary issue. [/QUOTE]
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