gravelyctry
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I'm fairly new to reloading, and have read a couple of hte books on it and the Nosler and Hornady reloading manual information. Everywhere I see, it says to use the max. published loads with caution, starting out lower and working your way up. It sounds like somehow the max. load is based on the firearm.
My question is this: how do you determine what the max. load is for a firearm? There's no way (best I can tell) of measuring pressures. I can look at the cartridges to see if there's any of the signs of overpressurization that they show in the reloading manuals. But, I'm not sure I trust myself to make a good judgment on what is acceptable and what's not.
Should I use a chronograph to determine max. load? If so, I'm not sure I understand how that correlates to a safe max. load.
Thanks for your help, Neil
My question is this: how do you determine what the max. load is for a firearm? There's no way (best I can tell) of measuring pressures. I can look at the cartridges to see if there's any of the signs of overpressurization that they show in the reloading manuals. But, I'm not sure I trust myself to make a good judgment on what is acceptable and what's not.
Should I use a chronograph to determine max. load? If so, I'm not sure I understand how that correlates to a safe max. load.
Thanks for your help, Neil