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Maximum and Minimum loads are suggestions. If you look at a particular powder and bullet combo, the Max and Min can vary within each manual. If you look at the lyman manual which is mostly universal, the manual from the bullet maker (if they have one), and the manual from the powder company, I am willing to bet the minimum and maximum recommended charges are different....at least they are in several of the loads I make and I have about a dozen different reloading manuals.
But generally speaking, it is not good practice to go much above or below the recommended powder charge listed by at least 1 manual.
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As a newbie, myself, that is particularly true and a bit of a concern. You certainly
DO get different/conflicting data between sources. One book may show (example) 5.0min and 6.0max grains. Then another manual shows same combination but 5.8 as start/min load! That can be a head-scratcher when one source shows almost MAX in one book to be right at MIN in another.
COALs get confusing, too when it can be .10 -.50" difference between sources. I feel like a medieval alchemist learning this stuff!