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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 53236" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>What a temptation, been there too. I still have never had a blown primer though, knock on wood. </p><p></p><p>Like Ian indicated, the pressure signs "very often" don't mean squat, most my tests have revealed they usually start showing at quite high pressure, around 70-75k psi. </p><p></p><p>Without pressure testing equipment, you never know how much to reduce the load by to get back down to reasonable pressure, as psi can ramp up slowly or real fast and you just never know. Velocity is your best indicator, and throttling back by 50-75 fps usually does the trick quite well. </p><p></p><p>I've went to bigger cartridges for the added velocity at lower psi now. </p><p></p><p>Glad it was just a "pop" for you this time, when my M14 blew up on me it freaked me out pretty **** bad. Don't load the wrong powder, mislable powder cans, barrow powder, or set more than one can by your powder dispensor or you could be in bad shape too. </p><p></p><p>My big mistake was barrowing a can of H380 my brother had poured a faster unknown powder into... not lableing it either. From now on, I remove the seal on a can of powder I load with.... nobody else. <img src="http://images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 53236, member: 99"] What a temptation, been there too. I still have never had a blown primer though, knock on wood. Like Ian indicated, the pressure signs "very often" don't mean squat, most my tests have revealed they usually start showing at quite high pressure, around 70-75k psi. Without pressure testing equipment, you never know how much to reduce the load by to get back down to reasonable pressure, as psi can ramp up slowly or real fast and you just never know. Velocity is your best indicator, and throttling back by 50-75 fps usually does the trick quite well. I've went to bigger cartridges for the added velocity at lower psi now. Glad it was just a "pop" for you this time, when my M14 blew up on me it freaked me out pretty **** bad. Don't load the wrong powder, mislable powder cans, barrow powder, or set more than one can by your powder dispensor or you could be in bad shape too. My big mistake was barrowing a can of H380 my brother had poured a faster unknown powder into... not lableing it either. From now on, I remove the seal on a can of powder I load with.... nobody else. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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