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Why work up your loads? Why down load to start?
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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2859254" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Every rifle is different and that is in multiple ways. Tooling wears over time so a brand new chamber reamer will be slightly smaller than one that is near the end of it's life. The newer chamber will be slightly thicker walled but will also have increased pressures. It's just better to check things out and see how it works before you go gung ho. Plus some weapons/ammo combinations will be more accurate. For instance and AR that has a barrel that is 1 in 9 may need a slightly faster round to produce an accurate shot vs a 1 in 7 with the same bullet.</p><p></p><p>If all you are doing is shooting paper it's probably best to run with something that is under maximum, all you care is if the chamber seals and the bullet fires reliably right. Why load a maximum charge to do that when you could save two or three grains per round? It may not sound like much but 3 grains every hundred rounds gets you a decent number of rounds you could potentially load. How about after 1000 rounds loaded, almost half a pound of extra powder to use. It all adds up over time, and while your savings will be less in a pistol sometimes as little as a tenth of a grain I look at the long run of things. Plus a lighter load will allow you to practice more on the actual shooting than recoil management not to mention less wear and tear on your weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2859254, member: 29706"] Every rifle is different and that is in multiple ways. Tooling wears over time so a brand new chamber reamer will be slightly smaller than one that is near the end of it's life. The newer chamber will be slightly thicker walled but will also have increased pressures. It's just better to check things out and see how it works before you go gung ho. Plus some weapons/ammo combinations will be more accurate. For instance and AR that has a barrel that is 1 in 9 may need a slightly faster round to produce an accurate shot vs a 1 in 7 with the same bullet. If all you are doing is shooting paper it's probably best to run with something that is under maximum, all you care is if the chamber seals and the bullet fires reliably right. Why load a maximum charge to do that when you could save two or three grains per round? It may not sound like much but 3 grains every hundred rounds gets you a decent number of rounds you could potentially load. How about after 1000 rounds loaded, almost half a pound of extra powder to use. It all adds up over time, and while your savings will be less in a pistol sometimes as little as a tenth of a grain I look at the long run of things. Plus a lighter load will allow you to practice more on the actual shooting than recoil management not to mention less wear and tear on your weapon. [/QUOTE]
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