If I get 5 loads out of a piece of 5.56 brass and still have tight primer pockets,
I'm not losing any sleep.
If I have to scrap 500 rounds of precious 5.56 prepped brass,it hurts me.
Loose primer pockets tell me "Too much powder".
"If it hurts when you do that,don't do that!"
Other than trying to understand conflicting data, I don't get my head snarled up in the international military industrial complex politics. Its an Eisenhower thing.
If I'm loading Hornady bullets, I'll look in my Hornady manual. I accept they have the testing expertise I do not have. They know something more about things than I do. I strive to be humble enough to do that.
I go to the AR-15 Match load page. I'm shooting an AR-15.
I don't exceed recommended max load. Thats a good start.
But I load small batches checking to see how my primer pockets hold up.
If the load manual says 25.3 gr of powder "X" is max and I get loose pockets with that load,, to save my brass I have to back off. Thats Life.
It works for me.
2700 or 2800 or ?? A click or two of elevation more or less, doesn't matter.
I'm happy.
I'm not losing any sleep.
If I have to scrap 500 rounds of precious 5.56 prepped brass,it hurts me.
Loose primer pockets tell me "Too much powder".
"If it hurts when you do that,don't do that!"
Other than trying to understand conflicting data, I don't get my head snarled up in the international military industrial complex politics. Its an Eisenhower thing.
If I'm loading Hornady bullets, I'll look in my Hornady manual. I accept they have the testing expertise I do not have. They know something more about things than I do. I strive to be humble enough to do that.
I go to the AR-15 Match load page. I'm shooting an AR-15.
I don't exceed recommended max load. Thats a good start.
But I load small batches checking to see how my primer pockets hold up.
If the load manual says 25.3 gr of powder "X" is max and I get loose pockets with that load,, to save my brass I have to back off. Thats Life.
It works for me.
2700 or 2800 or ?? A click or two of elevation more or less, doesn't matter.
I'm happy.