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Maybe I was just lucky but I think knowing a lot about reloading by that time, I was making fairly good educated guesses.
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It's said that knowledge is power. I just loaded my first 9mm rounds, actually my first time to reload anything. I couldn't find published data for the exact components I had purchased, but I studied all the information I had and asked for help on this forum. Took the reloads to the range this past Saturday and was talking to a fellow shooter just prior to taking my first shot. He asked what my charge weights were and then told me I had loaded to much powder in my bullets; way more than he normally used, he said.
Told him that I was fairly certain I had done used a good min to max range, then asked him what powder did he use - yep, as soon as he told me his powder, I knew his stuff was significantly faster than my powder, BECAUSE, I HAD STUDIED several burn rate charts. I grabbed my 3 ring binder and showed him the difference.
I also take note that you worked your way up - started on the low end.