I have yet to see a manual which advises, Go immediately to the top-end loads and begin stuffing hulls. Don’t bother actually READING any of the text and cautionary notes. Quite the opposite, in fact. All the manual writers and editors want everyone to do a lot of reading before using any of their published data. They are pretty insistent about it, really.
It is anticipated that anyone who is interested and bright enough to realize the benefits of handloading is smart enough to utilize some restraint. There’s nothing wrong about giving loads which are okay in some guns but not in others.
Well actually my point was that that much longer than I'v been handloading for the 45/70 there have been seperate load classes for the replicas,trapdoors,etc class 1, modern lever actions Class 2 and the class 3 bolt actions,and modern single shots. The classes are predicated on the CUPs to which the cartridge can be loaded to for that action,28000 for class 1,40000 class 2 and 50000 class 3. This is why again, IMO remember
, it makes absolutly no sense to me to lighten up the class 3 loads and duplex the 2 in one class.It wasn't broke,why fix it?
And I certainly agree, in a perfect world,we would hope that everybody would read the directions,look at the map,and generally do their homework....BUT! I'v only been hanging out on these forums for 3-4 yrs ,I'm sure as a moderator,you'v seen,heard of, or read of many more than I have that didn't? People do dumb things,make mistakes,thru simple lack of knowledge or misunderstanding. Happily I'v caught mine, at least the ones that may have left a mark anyway.
It happens.
Jeff