first off, you must start low and “work up”
And you must follow published data and not exceed a max charge
Now to my question: I have a good load for my 308 using 44g of varget in win brass pushing a 178eldm at 2660fps
All of that is within the Hodgdon load data
Is it reasonable to think imr 4895 might perform well at a similar speed, I can load up 10 rds in a ladder of sorts to “pressure test” and see what sort of velocity I am getting with 10’shots or so, then go back and load another small batch to bracket my target velocity and see if they group well around 2660. I want to use the ammo in local prs type matches and don’t want to have to gather new dope.
I am low on varget but have a pound of Imr 4895 sitting in the shelf that I want to use up but don’t want to dedicate lots of rounds to load development,
Hodgdon shows varget maxing our at 2690fps and Imr 4895 at 2704fps both with 45grains of powder with win brass, fed primers and a 24” barrel which matches what i have
And you must follow published data and not exceed a max charge
Now to my question: I have a good load for my 308 using 44g of varget in win brass pushing a 178eldm at 2660fps
All of that is within the Hodgdon load data
Is it reasonable to think imr 4895 might perform well at a similar speed, I can load up 10 rds in a ladder of sorts to “pressure test” and see what sort of velocity I am getting with 10’shots or so, then go back and load another small batch to bracket my target velocity and see if they group well around 2660. I want to use the ammo in local prs type matches and don’t want to have to gather new dope.
I am low on varget but have a pound of Imr 4895 sitting in the shelf that I want to use up but don’t want to dedicate lots of rounds to load development,
Hodgdon shows varget maxing our at 2690fps and Imr 4895 at 2704fps both with 45grains of powder with win brass, fed primers and a 24” barrel which matches what i have