Quick question for the reloaders...I have my nosler manual on the way, but was curious if someone with a nosler manual on here would show me a pic of the data nosler has for their 165grain partition bullets with H4895.
Hodgdon | H4895 | Buy Now | 0.308" | 3.225" | 43.4 | 2,595 | 50,300 PSI | 46.7 | 2,712 | 57,100 PSI |
Hodgdon | H4895 | Buy Now | 0.308" | 3.300" | 43.0 | 2,607 | 41,100 CUP | 47.5 | 2,782 | 49,000 CUP |
Shorter COAL isn't really an issue with large bottle neck cases because it has such small effect on case volume. And to some degree, moving the bullet further from the lands helps reduce pressure as well. With say a 9mm case, seating the bullet deeper has a much larger effect on case volume.I loaded rounds from 45-47.5 with a COL of 3.280-3.285...I saw that chart, albeit post powder charge and bullet seat...I’m afraid my last charges of 47.5 may be getting high pressure, but I just don’t know. Do you think my shorter OAL is anything to worry about or no?
.30-06.
Hodgdon doesn’t have data for the 165 grain with H4895. I found a recipe in Lee’s manual that was with a “165 grain jacketed bullet” which I’m sure will be fine. Was just hoping to compare it to Nosler’s manual...on their website they don’t have H4895 as a powder used for that bullet weight, so I was hoping their manual did...
If you didn’t already buy a chronograph, the best thing I ever did for my reloading. I’m in reloading mode right now, luckily I found what little bit of extra stuff I wanted, I have never seen an ammo rush this bad.
And it proved to me how inconsistent my factory ammo was, I had no idea before. I keep my coal conservative as I’m a hunter first and plinker second, I want consistent feeding, then I chrono until my speeds tighten up and shoot for groups, it works for me, I am sure there are others more knowledgable than me that do things different, I love reloading, I am like a kid every time I set that chrono up and try a new load lol.Same. Seriously shortened my load development. I do statistics kinda for a living so having a variable measurement to base reloading decisions on that isn't affected by how crappy I'm shooting works for how my brain works.