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Reloading
Should I play with seating depth next?
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<blockquote data-quote="dsculley" data-source="post: 1236964" data-attributes="member: 77514"><p>Not knowing how you arrived at your current load it is hard to say. According to Nosler, max is 43 gr. </p><p></p><p>I agree with Doc. I would run the seating depth test, then proceed with testing for charge. You can run either a ladder test or an OCW test. If you have a chronograph available you can use that to get some velocity data, but I use it primarily to watch for over-pressure. When your velocity starts exceeding the velocity for published max load you are getting into over-pressure situations. </p><p></p><p>Some like the ladder test, I prefer the OCW method. Either can work and there is nothing wrong with doing both to compare results. If you are not familiar with the OCW method you can find a good description and the methodology here: <u><a href="http://www.ocwreloading.com/" target="_blank">Home</a></u>. If you need help interpreting the results, you can post pictures of your targets either here or at <u><a href="http://practicalrifler.fr.yuku.com/" target="_blank">Practical Riflery Forums... techniques and equipment of the practical rifleman... Forums</a></u>.</p><p></p><p>fWIW</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dsculley, post: 1236964, member: 77514"] Not knowing how you arrived at your current load it is hard to say. According to Nosler, max is 43 gr. I agree with Doc. I would run the seating depth test, then proceed with testing for charge. You can run either a ladder test or an OCW test. If you have a chronograph available you can use that to get some velocity data, but I use it primarily to watch for over-pressure. When your velocity starts exceeding the velocity for published max load you are getting into over-pressure situations. Some like the ladder test, I prefer the OCW method. Either can work and there is nothing wrong with doing both to compare results. If you are not familiar with the OCW method you can find a good description and the methodology here: [U][URL="http://www.ocwreloading.com/"]Home[/URL][/U]. If you need help interpreting the results, you can post pictures of your targets either here or at [U][URL="http://practicalrifler.fr.yuku.com/"]Practical Riflery Forums... techniques and equipment of the practical rifleman... Forums[/URL][/U]. fWIW [/QUOTE]
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