I am just curious to yall thoughts as to why load data is varying so much from one manual to the next. I recently loaded some 308 with IMR 4166 and 150gr soft points.
Lee Manual states:
43gr starting and 48gr as Max
Hodgon states:
41.5gr starting and 45.7gr as Max
So if figured Lee data was in the middle of Hodgons for starting so I went with 43grs.
This is the result on my primers. I stopped shooting. Looks like overpressure load to me.
going to pull bullets on loaded ones and step down the load.
This is not the first time I have seen load data vary so much. My 6.5x55, load data is all over the place depending on the manual.
Lee Manual states:
43gr starting and 48gr as Max
Hodgon states:
41.5gr starting and 45.7gr as Max
So if figured Lee data was in the middle of Hodgons for starting so I went with 43grs.
This is the result on my primers. I stopped shooting. Looks like overpressure load to me.
going to pull bullets on loaded ones and step down the load.
This is not the first time I have seen load data vary so much. My 6.5x55, load data is all over the place depending on the manual.