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Reloading- What pressure signs do you stop at?
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<blockquote data-quote="best defense" data-source="post: 2768406" data-attributes="member: 25241"><p>For starters, I don't go about my reloading to see how much pressure my rifles will handle. I have discovered that hot loads just make the lands in my barrels burn up, and normally do not provide more accuracy. If you have never taken a look into the beginning of the lands in your rifle, you can buy an electronic bore scope on Amazon for a little over $100. </p><p>That said, my warmer loads do make the primers start to flatten out. Having read some stuff about pressure signs, I understand that by the time you see something that looks like pressure signs you are most likely well over the safe limit for that rifle and load combinition, and continuing on will be at your own risk. Keeping in mind that there is no warranty for us hand loaders. It is all on us.</p><p>I have created some hot loads in the past but never did get any good results from any of them. </p><p>I used to have a 7 Ihmsa single shot handgun. I could not find any load information for that cartridge, so I tried some mid-range 308 loads. That was too hot and it was blowing primers. Eventually did find some loading information for that round, but the recoil was more than I was comfortable with because while shooting in the creedmore position, it would drive my elboe into the ground. Even with an elboe pad, it still hurt, and I traded that off to a guy who really wanted it. I never did find out how it worked for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="best defense, post: 2768406, member: 25241"] For starters, I don't go about my reloading to see how much pressure my rifles will handle. I have discovered that hot loads just make the lands in my barrels burn up, and normally do not provide more accuracy. If you have never taken a look into the beginning of the lands in your rifle, you can buy an electronic bore scope on Amazon for a little over $100. That said, my warmer loads do make the primers start to flatten out. Having read some stuff about pressure signs, I understand that by the time you see something that looks like pressure signs you are most likely well over the safe limit for that rifle and load combinition, and continuing on will be at your own risk. Keeping in mind that there is no warranty for us hand loaders. It is all on us. I have created some hot loads in the past but never did get any good results from any of them. I used to have a 7 Ihmsa single shot handgun. I could not find any load information for that cartridge, so I tried some mid-range 308 loads. That was too hot and it was blowing primers. Eventually did find some loading information for that round, but the recoil was more than I was comfortable with because while shooting in the creedmore position, it would drive my elboe into the ground. Even with an elboe pad, it still hurt, and I traded that off to a guy who really wanted it. I never did find out how it worked for him. [/QUOTE]
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