210 grain woes
Quote from Reloader on April 4, 2011, 6:04 amOK, so I bought a used 550(with damn near every accessory available)and got a smoking deal. It came with a bunch of new brass, powder and bullets. I loaded all of the bullets say for 2 boxes of an odd weight. The bullets in question are 210 grain Round Nose Lead. I weighed a slew of them and they are coming up 211 to 214 grains and a diameter of .452. The problem I am running into is that I cant seem to find any load data on how much powder to use.
According to Hogdon: 230 grain RNL.452 diameter 4.3 - 5.3 gr. of win 231
: 185gr LFP .452 diameter 5.0 - 6.0 gr of win 231
My best guess is that since powder charges seem to increase as the bullet weight decreases then I should start above the min charge for 230gr but below the 185gr. 4.5gr maybe?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
OK, so I bought a used 550(with damn near every accessory available)and got a smoking deal. It came with a bunch of new brass, powder and bullets. I loaded all of the bullets say for 2 boxes of an odd weight. The bullets in question are 210 grain Round Nose Lead. I weighed a slew of them and they are coming up 211 to 214 grains and a diameter of .452. The problem I am running into is that I cant seem to find any load data on how much powder to use.
According to Hogdon: 230 grain RNL.452 diameter 4.3 - 5.3 gr. of win 231
: 185gr LFP .452 diameter 5.0 - 6.0 gr of win 231
My best guess is that since powder charges seem to increase as the bullet weight decreases then I should start above the min charge for 230gr but below the 185gr. 4.5gr maybe?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Quote from Reloader on April 4, 2011, 10:56 amIt is not good to assume with this activity your best bet is contact your powder and/or bullet manufacturer and ask them for data. IF they don't have specific data to your compononts they can give you recommended safe starting points. To get contact info just go to there website and most have toll free number
It is not good to assume with this activity your best bet is contact your powder and/or bullet manufacturer and ask them for data. IF they don't have specific data to your compononts they can give you recommended safe starting points. To get contact info just go to there website and most have toll free number