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Post by armedandsafe on Dec 3, 2016 16:50:28 GMT -6
I have reloading books, cases, bullets, primers and powder stashed from over the years. Watch your older powders. If it stinks, it has started to decompose and is not good nor safe to use. Sprinkle it on your garden or burn it in the BBQ. Watch your older reloading books. Powders have changed in burn rates over the decades. Most have become a bit faster. This is not a problem if you are using low or medium loads. It is a problem looking for excitement if you are loading high to max powder volumes. Log into your manufacturer's loading book and adjust the load if it starts looking iffy. In the last decade or so, many reloading manuals and manufacturers charts have lowered the max load rating and raised the minimum load rating. Most of this adjustment is lawyer driven rather than science driven. Some of the faster powders are, indeed, hotter than they were back then and the manuals have adjusted for this actual, real, scientific, tested change in property. The same is true for some of the medium rifle powders. The major changes in the reloading charts, though, is lawyer driven. The standard safety rule for reloaders is to not trust the minimum nor the maximum loads in the manual. Start with a load inside the charts for that powder/bullet/primer/caliber and test for yourself with YOUR gun as you increase to the load you want for accuracy, energy and range. Every gun is different and subtle changes in the load can and will affect that gun's accuracy. Preaching to the choir? Well, reminders are never inappropriate in this game. Pops
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Post by shooteruk on Dec 9, 2016 20:30:54 GMT -6
Reminders when reloading are essential Pops, anyone not understanding that shouldn't be doing it. I have recently started reloading again after a several years gap. Although I remember weights, how to set the dies etc I am re reading the instructions, both in the interest of safety and getting the best results.
Incidentally one thing to add re building up loads yourself is to watch the primers on spent cases. Higher pressures tend to flatten them out much more, a sure sign to ease off.
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