JEBruns
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Berger manual shows 22.4 of N140 as the max load for their .224 77gr OTM bullet.
UR reverse engineered a Remington Match factory round that they were very impressed with, which uses that same bullet, and found it used 24.6 grains of N140.
I tried the UR load and it was more accurate, by a fair margin, than the Berger max load out of my gun. No signs of over pressure.
I was surprised how much hotter the Rem load was, over 2 grains more. I've always been kind of a stickler for not going past recommended loads. But I'm wondering, given the above as an example, if I should be pushing that more. While paying attention for over pressure signs, of course. I guess the reloading books have to veer sharply to the "very safe" side of their recipes, given all the dynamics each reloader and their guns might bring to the table.
So my question for the guys with experience in this area, is it fairly common to be as much at 10% over the listed max loads?
UR reverse engineered a Remington Match factory round that they were very impressed with, which uses that same bullet, and found it used 24.6 grains of N140.
Re-creating Berger’s AMAZING 77 OTM 223 Load – Ultimate Reloader
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I tried the UR load and it was more accurate, by a fair margin, than the Berger max load out of my gun. No signs of over pressure.
I was surprised how much hotter the Rem load was, over 2 grains more. I've always been kind of a stickler for not going past recommended loads. But I'm wondering, given the above as an example, if I should be pushing that more. While paying attention for over pressure signs, of course. I guess the reloading books have to veer sharply to the "very safe" side of their recipes, given all the dynamics each reloader and their guns might bring to the table.
So my question for the guys with experience in this area, is it fairly common to be as much at 10% over the listed max loads?