Deavis
Member
I've been reloading for two years and have always followed the tables from manufacturers. Now I want to try to build up some loads of my own. I want to use the bullet of my choosing and not the manual's choice! I'm curious as to how people judge "safe" or "unsafe" with their loads since my experience there is lacking.
Obviously, without a pressure guage I have no idea what the real pressure is and thus can't *really* know if it is safe. So how does one determine what is safe? Obviously some members like Clark (no offense, your name came up in all my searches on hot load, high pressure, or heavy load), have a very different idea of safe from others. I'm not interested in going too far over the top with any loads and want to avoid that for most of my loads (practice loads).
What I have gathered from my reading is basically is to look for excessive case wear, stretching, or abnormal markings. Then look at the primer for deformation, marking, and pocket for leakage. That just doesn't seem like enough and most importantly, I see those after I fire the round!
Is there some sort of relationship for getting a relative idea of pressure from the velocity (ordered a chrono!), power factor, bullet size, or powder type? Is it, "well the manual is at 1400fps and so am I so... I guess I'm okay," or "I'll seet it a bit deeper, see how fast it goes, and watch for the primer to fall out."
I would really appreciate any advice so I can proceed safely with a little more confidence than has been inspired by reading my Lyman's manual.
Obviously, without a pressure guage I have no idea what the real pressure is and thus can't *really* know if it is safe. So how does one determine what is safe? Obviously some members like Clark (no offense, your name came up in all my searches on hot load, high pressure, or heavy load), have a very different idea of safe from others. I'm not interested in going too far over the top with any loads and want to avoid that for most of my loads (practice loads).
What I have gathered from my reading is basically is to look for excessive case wear, stretching, or abnormal markings. Then look at the primer for deformation, marking, and pocket for leakage. That just doesn't seem like enough and most importantly, I see those after I fire the round!
Is there some sort of relationship for getting a relative idea of pressure from the velocity (ordered a chrono!), power factor, bullet size, or powder type? Is it, "well the manual is at 1400fps and so am I so... I guess I'm okay," or "I'll seet it a bit deeper, see how fast it goes, and watch for the primer to fall out."
I would really appreciate any advice so I can proceed safely with a little more confidence than has been inspired by reading my Lyman's manual.