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Huck1969 · February 10, 2010, 04:15 PM

Thanks BigJim.
The powder I'm using is W231; Winchester not Hodgdon and I am referencing the Sierra, Winchester and now Hodgdon charts for W231 powder. Didn't know about the bullet manufacturer, Ranier's, recommendation to use lead bullet data with their copper jacketed bullets. Hornady 5th edition manual shows max load for LEAD 180gr. with W231 is 5.7gr. I had loaded 5.3gr and am pulling all bullets and was planning on reloading with just 4.8gr. I suppose I could use 4.5gr instead. I'll load a few and test fire before finalizing the load.
I went to the Ranier web site and read their recommendation to use Lead data or use jacketed bullet data and reduce the Max charge by 10 percent. Sierra manual Max of 5.7gr becomes 5.1gr. Hodgdon and Win manuals 5.0 max becomes 4.5gr.
Thanks again.

February 10, 2010, 04:15 PM	#20
Huck1969 Member Join Date: December 9, 2009 Posts: 28	Thanks BigJim. The powder I'm using is W231; Winchester not Hodgdon and I am referencing the Sierra, Winchester and now Hodgdon charts for W231 powder. Didn't know about the bullet manufacturer, Ranier's, recommendation to use lead bullet data with their copper jacketed bullets. Hornady 5th edition manual shows max load for LEAD 180gr. with W231 is 5.7gr. I had loaded 5.3gr and am pulling all bullets and was planning on reloading with just 4.8gr. I suppose I could use 4.5gr instead. I'll load a few and test fire before finalizing the load. I went to the Ranier web site and read their recommendation to use Lead data or use jacketed bullet data and reduce the Max charge by 10 percent. Sierra manual Max of 5.7gr becomes 5.1gr. Hodgdon and Win manuals 5.0 max becomes 4.5gr. Thanks again. __________________ Huck Vietnam Veteran Linebacker Two