Thread: 8208, 168 eldm 16.5” barrel 8 twist questions re max charge etc

With respect GPM I think your last reply needs a bit more context. Reloading manuals are always based on the "work up" principle, meaning that the max load shown is to be approahed with caution, not just thought of as a target etc. There are many variables a reloading manual can't account for, brass capacity/chamber size being quite significant. The OP didnt say what signs he was getting at 43.0 to say the load was warm, but anything that tells ya things are getting warm shouldnt be discounted.

Quickload and GRT are both excellent predictors of pressure, far, far more accurate than anything else available to a reloader short of proper pressure measurement equipment.