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I cant state how important it is to work UP to a max or near max load for your individual rifle. There is a reason powder companies tell you to start 10% low of a max charge. I recently found out why that is. I got a new 223 barrel for one of my savages and had several groups of reloads for another barrel I figured I'd try. One particular load that was .5 grains UNDER max load showed extreme pressure signs on the first shot, couldn't extract the round and when I did I found it had a flattened and pierced primer along with case head expansion. Needless to say I stopped shooting and went home and started on all new loads. Lesson learned.

[QUOTE="Bucksquirrely, post: 1596043, member: 19872"] I cant state how important it is to work UP to a max or near max load for your individual rifle. There is a reason powder companies tell you to start 10% low of a max charge. I recently found out why that is. I got a new 223 barrel for one of my savages and had several groups of reloads for another barrel I figured I'd try. One particular load that was .5 grains UNDER max load showed extreme pressure signs on the first shot, couldn't extract the round and when I did I found it had a flattened and pierced primer along with case head expansion. Needless to say I stopped shooting and went home and started on all new loads. Lesson learned. [/QUOTE]

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