DragonFire
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While looking at recipes in my manuals I found a conflict between listed ranges.
I'm using some 10mm 200 gr RNFP plated bullet from X-Treme Bullets (formerly West Coast Bullets) using HS-6 powder.
Since the plating on X-Treme bullets is pretty heavy, I normally followed the loads for jacketed bullets.
I'm using on of the LoadBooks that list recipes from several manuals.
I found a load from Hornady for a 200 gr FMJ-FP with a range of 6.6 to 8.2 grains.
There's also a load from Speer for a 200 gr TMJ with a range of 8.2 to 9.1
And one from Hodgdon to a 200gr FMJ with a range of 7.5 to 8.6
I've loaded this bullet combination before, for a medium-hot load, before I had this LoadBook and settled on 8.6 grains of powder. Not terribly hot, with moderate recoil.
Now that I see the Hornady load, I see that that load could be potentially .4 grains over maximum.
Two of the three loads are pretty close, but I think it's a pretty gap between 8.2 (the max on one recipe) and 9.1 (the max on another recipe).
How would I figure out which one is the correct range?
I'm using some 10mm 200 gr RNFP plated bullet from X-Treme Bullets (formerly West Coast Bullets) using HS-6 powder.
Since the plating on X-Treme bullets is pretty heavy, I normally followed the loads for jacketed bullets.
I'm using on of the LoadBooks that list recipes from several manuals.
I found a load from Hornady for a 200 gr FMJ-FP with a range of 6.6 to 8.2 grains.
There's also a load from Speer for a 200 gr TMJ with a range of 8.2 to 9.1
And one from Hodgdon to a 200gr FMJ with a range of 7.5 to 8.6
I've loaded this bullet combination before, for a medium-hot load, before I had this LoadBook and settled on 8.6 grains of powder. Not terribly hot, with moderate recoil.
Now that I see the Hornady load, I see that that load could be potentially .4 grains over maximum.
Two of the three loads are pretty close, but I think it's a pretty gap between 8.2 (the max on one recipe) and 9.1 (the max on another recipe).
How would I figure out which one is the correct range?