Said it before and I will say it again, you guys way over complicate this stuff. How it prints on paper will tell you the best load and hard bolt lift/chrono speeds will give you signs on overpressure
I agree we/I can over think things sometimes . However I don't think that is the case here . The conclusions of that thinking may have not produced the results expected or wanted but that does not mean those thoughts should not have been considered .
Lets break down that quote as I see and how it relates to my recent work up .
How it prints on paper will tell you the best load
Agreed 100% and is what I was looking for and explained in detail why I was going to start in the lands because the ultimate goal was going to be adjusting seating depth to get the
best print on paper
hard bolt lift/chrono speeds will give you signs on overpressure
Instead of saying 100% correct I'll say yes that can be very helpful in determining the safety of the load . This is in fact where all the over complicating came in and I disagree with that term in this instance .
I was using a more "advanced" way of load development that is outside the traditional recommended way of starting a new load . Not only that , these were components I've never used together in a rifle I've only worked up one load for . Meaning I did not have any experience with the characteristics of this combination of components and very little experience with the rifle as far as how it reloads .
Ok so I'm going against recommended reloading practices with components I've never used before in a rifle I was not sure how it would react to all that .
It seemed reasonable to error on the side of caution and reduce the charge seeing how everything I had read and experienced to date said seating into the lands will raise start pressures and was the catalyst for starting this thread . This was all about safety and it worked to that extent but the overall outcome was disappointing as a whole but I did learn some stuff about these components in this rifle and that's always good .
Who knows I could be over thinking this but I'm not sure , I'll have to think on that .