Thread: Long Range Reloading Saftet

Archive of the original article, and others can be found on here : https://www.suidkaapjagters.co.za/category/reloading/

Thought it worthy of a repost, note that quite a few loads shown on this forum regularly exceed book max (I have stupidly done this in the past).

With good quality brass getting more expensive and harder to obtain, might be worth backing those loads off a grain or two and save wear on everything. No points awarded for the person shooting the fastest rifle (except Darwin Award maybe )

Seen a bloke on a UK Facebook Reloading group trying to sell "once fired" 300WM Lapua brass where the plunger ejector marks had been firmly stamped into the casehead...

Good read, does anyone here have a system to check pressure of a load for me?

Originally Posted by matto1234

Good read, does anyone here have a system to check pressure of a load for me?

I can mock it on computer if you give me the details

I mock all my loads up now to figure out at what velocity peak pressure is as both my rifles take less than book max to achieve max pressure/velocity. So I ignore powder charge and keep an eye on the chrono. Not as good as a device measuring the actual load but a good safe alternative for the average Joe that’s prover accurate so far

That's an old article. German died about a year ago.

I've used an Oehler 43 but shagging round with strain gauges isn't for your average punter. There are plenty of pressure-indicating variables that allow you to get by without them. A sensible starting load is the main thing.