Morning everyone.
I would like opinions on the following scenario I got myself into.
Earlier this February, I loaded 200 rounds of powder-coated 158 grain (LCSWC) with 16 grains of 2400 to be fired from lever action as a request from a friend. The outing went well and the rifle shot great with no issues or signs of overpressure. As hot as they were loaded, recoil was pretty tame and accuracy was ok.
Here is the issue:
I still have about 90 of them sitting on the shelf, and this weekend I was supposed to pull them down and reduce the milder charge to 13.5 grains so that I can shoot them out of my S&W 686 next weekend. As always, my wife had other things in store for me and my "honey-do" list kept me from doing anything gun-related; I didn't get around to it.
Looking at the latest load data for 158 lead grain (powder coated) the max load is 15.3 grains of 2400, I did see online that there is older data that shows 16 grains as the max. I don't have a lever-action .357 rifle to shoot them with I am pondering leaving them as-is for next Saturday.
What do you fellow reloaders think?:
- Find time this week to knock down the charge to 13.5 grains of 2400 (pretty much don't be foolish)
or
- Ride the additional 2.5 grains out.
I would like opinions on the following scenario I got myself into.
Earlier this February, I loaded 200 rounds of powder-coated 158 grain (LCSWC) with 16 grains of 2400 to be fired from lever action as a request from a friend. The outing went well and the rifle shot great with no issues or signs of overpressure. As hot as they were loaded, recoil was pretty tame and accuracy was ok.
Here is the issue:
I still have about 90 of them sitting on the shelf, and this weekend I was supposed to pull them down and reduce the milder charge to 13.5 grains so that I can shoot them out of my S&W 686 next weekend. As always, my wife had other things in store for me and my "honey-do" list kept me from doing anything gun-related; I didn't get around to it.
Looking at the latest load data for 158 lead grain (powder coated) the max load is 15.3 grains of 2400, I did see online that there is older data that shows 16 grains as the max. I don't have a lever-action .357 rifle to shoot them with I am pondering leaving them as-is for next Saturday.
What do you fellow reloaders think?:
- Find time this week to knock down the charge to 13.5 grains of 2400 (pretty much don't be foolish)
or
- Ride the additional 2.5 grains out.