I bought some Universal for trying out in a few calibers. Seeing as I can use it in 45 ACP, I am about to load some up under a 185 GR XTP bullet.
Looking thru my Lee manual and a Speer #13 manual, I noticed that the starting charge is a bit higher than what is on the website or on the bottle. I also notice that the data is for a JSWC. Even the OAL listed on the bottle and the site was different IIRC.
What I have loaded so far is these 10 rounds of 45 ACP with 6.0 GR of Universal as it say's on Hodgdon website as a start charge. Not much room considering it's max say's 6.4 on the bottle.
The Lee second editon ( not revised ) says the start charge for a 185 GR jacketed bullet is 6.8 GR.
Mostly I know most members would tell me to work low or to use the data that the powder company as listed which is the way Im going with so far.
For those of you who have used it, What is the big gap between start charge on the site and the manual? Is this load right or is it way to low? What am I missing here?
My combo is as follow
Case - PMC
Bullet - Hornady 185 GR XTP
Powder - Universal
Charge - 6.0
Primer - CCI 300
OAL 1.225
Looking thru my Lee manual and a Speer #13 manual, I noticed that the starting charge is a bit higher than what is on the website or on the bottle. I also notice that the data is for a JSWC. Even the OAL listed on the bottle and the site was different IIRC.
What I have loaded so far is these 10 rounds of 45 ACP with 6.0 GR of Universal as it say's on Hodgdon website as a start charge. Not much room considering it's max say's 6.4 on the bottle.
The Lee second editon ( not revised ) says the start charge for a 185 GR jacketed bullet is 6.8 GR.
Mostly I know most members would tell me to work low or to use the data that the powder company as listed which is the way Im going with so far.
For those of you who have used it, What is the big gap between start charge on the site and the manual? Is this load right or is it way to low? What am I missing here?
My combo is as follow
Case - PMC
Bullet - Hornady 185 GR XTP
Powder - Universal
Charge - 6.0
Primer - CCI 300
OAL 1.225
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