jb27
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Wondering if someone with a Barnes manual could lend me a hand. I have Nosler and Lymans, but they don't have the info i'm looking for.
I'm working up a load for my 30-06 using 180 grain Barnes Tipped Triple Shock Bullets. I'm using Hodgdon H-4350 powder. Looking at Hodgdon's website, they show a min/max powder charge of 52.0/57.5 grains for 180 GR. SIE SPBT bullet at COL 3.300. Barnes website doens't show H-4350, but they show they're loading to COAL 3.218.
I was wondering if the Barnes Manual shows a range of powder loads for H-4350 at the COAL of 3.218.
The load I want to try is 54.0 grains of H-4350 at COAL 3.285. Just want to make sure that by seating deeper than what Hodgdon's website says I'm not going to run into any issues with increased pressure. I loaded a few up this evening and when seating the bullets, I was getting a little bit of crunching powder sound which is what made me wonder. It seemed strange since Hodgon's site showed a COL of 3.300 and the max charge of 57.5 grains didn't indicate a compressed load. BTW, I measured each charge by hand and calibrated scale beforehand.
Thanks for any help/advice.
I'm working up a load for my 30-06 using 180 grain Barnes Tipped Triple Shock Bullets. I'm using Hodgdon H-4350 powder. Looking at Hodgdon's website, they show a min/max powder charge of 52.0/57.5 grains for 180 GR. SIE SPBT bullet at COL 3.300. Barnes website doens't show H-4350, but they show they're loading to COAL 3.218.
I was wondering if the Barnes Manual shows a range of powder loads for H-4350 at the COAL of 3.218.
The load I want to try is 54.0 grains of H-4350 at COAL 3.285. Just want to make sure that by seating deeper than what Hodgdon's website says I'm not going to run into any issues with increased pressure. I loaded a few up this evening and when seating the bullets, I was getting a little bit of crunching powder sound which is what made me wonder. It seemed strange since Hodgon's site showed a COL of 3.300 and the max charge of 57.5 grains didn't indicate a compressed load. BTW, I measured each charge by hand and calibrated scale beforehand.
Thanks for any help/advice.