Last night I went down to the basement, my man cave, and began loading some .308. I was using Varget, but because of the difficulty in throwing consistant loads in my progressive, I decided to try some BLC-2 (picked up another pound of it the other day and couldn't believe the price - $30 and change at the local shop! Guess I'll be buying over the interned from now on - even with the phony hazmat fees it's cheaper). Anyway, I looked up the recipe's on the Hodgdon site for BLC-2 and 165g bullet, and they say 44 to 47.5 grains. I looked up the same info in my Speer reloading manual and it says 38 to 42 grains! Some difference. Is the speer manual that conservative? I'm using Fed 215 mag primers but for ball one should always use mag primers, so I don't see why such conservative numbers. I haven't tried these loads yet, 38 to 42, but the recoil will probably feel like a 22!
Is Speer super conservative? I'll try another 20 tonight with the higher Hodgdon recipes, 4 rounds each at 44, 45, 46, 47, 47.5 and see what happens if I find the lower charges not grouping correctly.
Is Speer super conservative? I'll try another 20 tonight with the higher Hodgdon recipes, 4 rounds each at 44, 45, 46, 47, 47.5 and see what happens if I find the lower charges not grouping correctly.