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With the new arrival of a No 4, MK2 and some C&H dies comes the time to reload for the thing. Doing my research tells me:
Keep your powder speeds about the same as H4895 or IMR4895.
Neck resize only.
Keep pressure under 45,000.
Preferred bullets 150 - 180 Grains.
So I loaded about 10 each Varget, IMR4064, IMR4895, AA5744. I have purchased a couple hundred Hornady 150 Gr soft points and a couple 100 more Speer Softpoints. Get what you can when you can. Will see how they all do. I was wondering if anyone had any words of wisdom for this caliber. I have been busy collecting brass. Up to about 300 and won't stop until 1000 have been obtained. It would appear the prvi is the best? I have 100 on order right now. My other 300 is mostly PMC.
Before I started, I loaded one with 10 grains of H110, and cream of wheat to fire form. Shot it off in the basement. Didn't even make the cat jump. I then compared the round to the others and round that I must have a tighter chamber than most being that it's a post WWII model.
Keep your powder speeds about the same as H4895 or IMR4895.
Neck resize only.
Keep pressure under 45,000.
Preferred bullets 150 - 180 Grains.
So I loaded about 10 each Varget, IMR4064, IMR4895, AA5744. I have purchased a couple hundred Hornady 150 Gr soft points and a couple 100 more Speer Softpoints. Get what you can when you can. Will see how they all do. I was wondering if anyone had any words of wisdom for this caliber. I have been busy collecting brass. Up to about 300 and won't stop until 1000 have been obtained. It would appear the prvi is the best? I have 100 on order right now. My other 300 is mostly PMC.
Before I started, I loaded one with 10 grains of H110, and cream of wheat to fire form. Shot it off in the basement. Didn't even make the cat jump. I then compared the round to the others and round that I must have a tighter chamber than most being that it's a post WWII model.