[Nick_C_S]

Those primers look normal to me. I see no signs of over pressure based on the primers.

Our stories are similar sawdustdad. Used to load/shoot a lot back in the mid-80's, then life got in the way of shooting a lot for a couple decades; and now I'm back in it.

For my 44 Mag, I used to load 24.7g W296 with a 240g JHP. 24.7g was the published max for Speer #10. The published max in Speer #14 is 24.0g. I don't know if W296 has changed, or their pressure testing techniques are more sensitive, or if their lawyers stepped in.

I suppose it doesn't matter because I've since reduced the recipe to 22.7g anyway. I'm not the recoil junkie I used to be. I've also decided to reduce wear n tear on my guns these days. I've backed down quite a few of my load recipes for this reason.