Think I'm gonna scale back. It's over a week later, my shoulder is still bruised. That, and if I run the plain-base cast 405's at or around 2000fps, I'll bet leading is gonna be a problem. Gas checks, no sweat.
Pappy John, I did get up to 53.0 grains of IMR3031 with a 405gr cast bullet. Not really that bad. Lots of unburned granules left inside the tube, but the recoil didn't hold a candle to the 49.0 grains of Reloader 7 behind the same bullet.
It has turned out to be a darned fun rifle, though!
