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Reloading
Too much powder...
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 837747" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p>I'm really pondering on why anyone would drop 1/2 grain down from max. and hope for the best. You may get lucky for a while but eventually you'll see a combo that'll stick your bolt or worse. </p><p>As to powder compression you'd have seen that one coming too if you had started at minimum charges instead of a half grain off the wall. You may have to use a drop tube to get the powder into the case; barnes pills are so **** long I actually had to go to I4320 in my 375 with 300 grain tsx as I4350 wouldn't fit and was bulging brass a bit for the higher charges. </p><p>Barnes is probably also using fired brass in the book loads which has a bit more capacity than your new brass has.</p><p>As to getting the bullet stuck in the rifling, barnes bullets need some run to engage the rifling without a pressure spike, so get it back .030" or more. You can't hunt with a round you can't pull from the chamber anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 837747, member: 48043"] I'm really pondering on why anyone would drop 1/2 grain down from max. and hope for the best. You may get lucky for a while but eventually you'll see a combo that'll stick your bolt or worse. As to powder compression you'd have seen that one coming too if you had started at minimum charges instead of a half grain off the wall. You may have to use a drop tube to get the powder into the case; barnes pills are so **** long I actually had to go to I4320 in my 375 with 300 grain tsx as I4350 wouldn't fit and was bulging brass a bit for the higher charges. Barnes is probably also using fired brass in the book loads which has a bit more capacity than your new brass has. As to getting the bullet stuck in the rifling, barnes bullets need some run to engage the rifling without a pressure spike, so get it back .030" or more. You can't hunt with a round you can't pull from the chamber anyway. [/QUOTE]
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