I’m hoping someone could shed light.
I got a browning bar mk3 in 30-06 as a gift and put leupold vx5hd on it.
Recently I got a decent amount of h4350
I decided I want reload for this rifle (standard sig ammo performed poorly)
only good brass I could find was nosler and decided to go with Sierra 175 bthp match king
Usually with my other rifles I’d pick a max powder charge and load down in increments of .2 grains to get a node.
This time Hodgdon website gives me a max of 59 using the exact bullet I have but they’re using Winchester cases
nosler website gives a max of 56.5 but not differentiating between 180 and 175 grains
hornady newest handbook gives a max of 55.3 but kinda like nosler they have 178 and 180 in the same data and nothing specific to a 175 grain bullet (max velocities in handbok also lower than what I’d like)
my question is would starting at the max Hodgdon provided and loading down 10 loads in increments of .2 be safe as the max loads on other sites are that much lower.
my min load would be 57.2 grains which is higher than the max load provided by nosler, hornady, federal, and Barnes???
can Hodgdon be that far off with their data?
I got a browning bar mk3 in 30-06 as a gift and put leupold vx5hd on it.
Recently I got a decent amount of h4350
I decided I want reload for this rifle (standard sig ammo performed poorly)
only good brass I could find was nosler and decided to go with Sierra 175 bthp match king
Usually with my other rifles I’d pick a max powder charge and load down in increments of .2 grains to get a node.
This time Hodgdon website gives me a max of 59 using the exact bullet I have but they’re using Winchester cases
nosler website gives a max of 56.5 but not differentiating between 180 and 175 grains
hornady newest handbook gives a max of 55.3 but kinda like nosler they have 178 and 180 in the same data and nothing specific to a 175 grain bullet (max velocities in handbok also lower than what I’d like)
my question is would starting at the max Hodgdon provided and loading down 10 loads in increments of .2 be safe as the max loads on other sites are that much lower.
my min load would be 57.2 grains which is higher than the max load provided by nosler, hornady, federal, and Barnes???
can Hodgdon be that far off with their data?