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jimbob86 · October 12, 2011, 09:04 AM

Which powder?

Try the ones listed in your manual*. Start at the start load. Follow their recipe. Work up. You'll find that they have done their homework, so you don't have to.......

*Note the type of firearm the manual writers used to develop their loads: my Speer manual (#13) used a 22" barrelled Ruger 77 MkII bolt gun.... trying to duplicate their results with a 16" barrelled AR might be an excercise in futility.........

October 12, 2011, 09:04 AM	#12
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	Which powder? Try the ones listed in your manual. Start at the start load. Follow their recipe. Work up. You'll find that they have done their homework, so you don't have to....... Note the type of firearm the manual writers used to develop their loads: my Speer manual (#13) used a 22" barrelled Ruger 77 MkII bolt gun.... trying to duplicate their results with a 16" barrelled AR might be an excercise in futility......... Last edited by jimbob86; October 12, 2011 at 09:10 AM.