Thread: Load issues (blowback) 454 Casull

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings Again,
Had a quick scratch around. I see that Hodgdon specifies Winchester small rifle primers. Ball powders like 296 are a bit hard to ignite and the Winchester primers are formulated for this. If you are using a non Winchester primer this could be your problem.
Regards Grandpamac.

I’m at max load tho so not sure why too low, probably not ingiting.
Using Federal primers, could try Winchester as well as Magnum.