bantam9
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Loaded up a string of 30-30 125 gr HP over H4895.
Started at 31 gr and worked up to 35 gr.
Finally shot some of them, and was kinda of surprised. At the 31 gr start load I had primers backing out a bit.
My string of loads went 31, 32, 33, 33.5, 34, 34.5, and 35.0. Never made it past 31.0.
I made 3 rounds of each, all hand weighed. Trickled up to the EXACT weight.
The Hodgdon site starts @ 31.5 and goes to 35.0. Many on line chatter or posts site 31.0 up up 36.0 grains H4895. Here I'm at 31.0 and have primers backing out?????? Not sure what's up here? Seems odd to me that at the starting load I'd have issues. Any thoughts?
The rifle is a Savage 340. It handles store bought ammo well, but I thought it was time to load for it.
Started at 31 gr and worked up to 35 gr.
Finally shot some of them, and was kinda of surprised. At the 31 gr start load I had primers backing out a bit.
My string of loads went 31, 32, 33, 33.5, 34, 34.5, and 35.0. Never made it past 31.0.
I made 3 rounds of each, all hand weighed. Trickled up to the EXACT weight.
The Hodgdon site starts @ 31.5 and goes to 35.0. Many on line chatter or posts site 31.0 up up 36.0 grains H4895. Here I'm at 31.0 and have primers backing out?????? Not sure what's up here? Seems odd to me that at the starting load I'd have issues. Any thoughts?
The rifle is a Savage 340. It handles store bought ammo well, but I thought it was time to load for it.