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JNewhouse · June 7, 2000, 04:25 AM

I was looking the the most recent Lyman book today and it listed 42.5 as the max load. I had heard someone tell me once that I could go up to 46....this doesn't seem right. But I loaded 10 rounds with 43.5 (that is was the dipper happened to put out) to test at the range. I thought that it may be safe because the max load for 180 gr bullet was 42.5 in one of my manuals. hmmm. Maybe I need to pull and reload them again.

June 7, 2000, 04:25 AM	#3
JNewhouse Member Join Date: April 30, 2000 Location: Anaheim CA USA Posts: 41	I was looking the the most recent Lyman book today and it listed 42.5 as the max load. I had heard someone tell me once that I could go up to 46....this doesn't seem right. But I loaded 10 rounds with 43.5 (that is was the dipper happened to put out) to test at the range. I thought that it may be safe because the max load for 180 gr bullet was 42.5 in one of my manuals. hmmm. Maybe I need to pull and reload them again.