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Old May 15, 2014, 11:43 AM   #6
Brian Pfleuger
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I want to believe they always understate what the true maximum is.
That's a very dangerous thing to believe.

Fact is, they have no way of knowing what's max in your gun because they've never tested it. They don't have your brass, primers, powder lot or bullets, say nothing of all in combination.

If anybody knew what "true max" was as an all inclusive number, there would be no "starting loads". What would be the point? The point of starting loads is that max is not a single quantifiable amount.

I can tell you one thing, Hodgdon, of all companies, has a reputation for meaning max when they say max. Their loads are NOT watered down.
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