stagpanther
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I'm beginning to learn the consequences of having a barrel-heavy balance.
I used Manson's--they are very high quality.Did you use Manson's standard headspace gauges
H1000 is pretty good at doing that. It sounds funny in long barreled rifles also. Kind of a crack boom sound.I used Manson's--they are very high quality.
The velocities above I was getting out of my criterion barrel with uncompressed loads below some of the max charge weights I've seen. I wasn't getting much improvement in additional charge weights, so I decided why bother since all I was likely doing was increasing pressures without much gain in velocity.
The RL 22 also burns very nicely and uniformly in my set-up with little to clean--the H1000 loads were sending residual fireballs out the muzzle and left a lot of residue in the bore.
Oh, I LOVE H1000 in my 338 lapua magnum loads, my favorite powder for that.H1000 is pretty good at doing that. It sounds funny in long barreled rifles also. Kind of a crack boom sound.