Post by: Apples on December 02, 2016, 03:16:36 PM
Post by: Bofire on December 02, 2016, 03:38:03 PM
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Post by: matt509 on December 07, 2016, 08:23:57 PM
What I always do, is pull a couple of bullets and weigh the powder charges. From there I will try and match the powder. Sometimes you can visibly tell.....rarely, but sometimes. I always start lower than what I measured, because you really can't tell.
At the end of the day, if you are going to reload, it is much easier to just build a load for your rifle.
Post by: lamrith on December 08, 2016, 10:35:15 AM
Yeah, I would say take measurements on the factory rounds so you know the OAL, shoot factory ammo over chrono so you know FPS. Then start working up a load to match OAL and FPS... Ech barrel is going to have a jump to lands and fps that it likes, goal is to try to match that.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 09, 2016, 02:17:40 PM
Yeah, I would say take measurements on the factory rounds so you know the OAL, shoot factory ammo over chrono so you know FPS. Then start working up a load to match OAL and FPS... Ech barrel is going to have a jump to lands and fps that it likes, goal is to try to match that.
:yeah: Also be prepared to play with a few different powders as well.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 09, 2016, 04:43:47 PM
Post by: 300rum on December 09, 2016, 04:48:35 PM
Can you, BLEND, different powders ? Not that I know of. Correct me if Im wrong, plz.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 09, 2016, 05:04:40 PM
duplexing, yes, we used to do it.....Can you, BLEND, different powders ? Not that I know of. Correct me if Im wrong, plz.
How about now ? Do you, duplex the powder anymore ? I've seen a mixed powder one time shooting long range and it scared the crap out of the guys.
Post by: 300rum on December 09, 2016, 05:11:19 PM
In smokless it was mainly because guys didn't have the powder options that we do now.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 09, 2016, 07:25:55 PM
There is really no need to do it now. Mostly it was with black powder, put a few grains of smokless in first to get the powder to touch off a bit easier and help, supposedly, to reduce fowling.
In smokless it was mainly because guys didn't have the powder options that we do now.
Mixing powder is a no-no.
Post by: Apples on December 13, 2016, 12:22:27 PM
Post by: tlake on December 15, 2016, 09:13:49 PM
You might get more detail on the loads over there in the reloading sections.
Post by: Yondering on December 16, 2016, 09:49:51 AM
Go over to the Savage Shooters forum or 6.5 Creedmoor forum. Some of the first Hornady ammo had the load listed on the boxes. Some of the loads where using H4350.
You might get more detail on the loads over there in the reloading sections.
Those were "recommended loads" for someone who wanted to approximate the factory load. They were not the factory load recipe.
And for the OP - just FYI, you'll have better luck finding good loads if you search for Creedmoor, instead of Creedmore.
Post by: tlake on December 16, 2016, 03:55:26 PM
http://www.shootingtimes.com/ammo/ammunition_st_creedmoor_201008/
Post by: Apples on December 19, 2016, 02:53:59 PM
Post by: JJB11B on December 19, 2016, 03:46:49 PM