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Why work up your loads? Why down load to start?
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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2859303" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>The rule of 10% down to start will sometimes get you into trouble as this will be too little of a charge.</p><p>I see what you are saying that if the load is printed it should be safe.</p><p></p><p>max load Not always,, it is close to safe if you use the exact components they did.</p><p>Then there are differences in batch numbers.</p><p></p><p>If you substitute a different case or different batch number case,, if your chamber is not exactly the same as their chamber.</p><p></p><p>I still start my loads a bit above the minimum load data.. unless the load data is 25gr minimum and 26 gr max then i start at 25 or possibly 24.5 to see if there might be something there.</p><p></p><p>A lot of the book print is to cover their arse.. if they did not say start low and work up .. I would bet someone woud start at max blow up their firearm and sue the publisher.</p><p>Most of the print for 30-06 in my opinion is for older weak action firearms.</p><p>Liability issues there if you published 65K PSI loads for the 30-06.</p><p></p><p>You must really think things through. after you have been reloading for multiple firearms for some time you will understand why books say what they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2859303, member: 15054"] The rule of 10% down to start will sometimes get you into trouble as this will be too little of a charge. I see what you are saying that if the load is printed it should be safe. max load Not always,, it is close to safe if you use the exact components they did. Then there are differences in batch numbers. If you substitute a different case or different batch number case,, if your chamber is not exactly the same as their chamber. I still start my loads a bit above the minimum load data.. unless the load data is 25gr minimum and 26 gr max then i start at 25 or possibly 24.5 to see if there might be something there. A lot of the book print is to cover their arse.. if they did not say start low and work up .. I would bet someone woud start at max blow up their firearm and sue the publisher. Most of the print for 30-06 in my opinion is for older weak action firearms. Liability issues there if you published 65K PSI loads for the 30-06. You must really think things through. after you have been reloading for multiple firearms for some time you will understand why books say what they do. [/QUOTE]
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