He specified 243 Winchester. I wasn't replying to the OP.
A "grain" is a unit of weight. You would never say, "... in those pound weights" or, "... in those ounce weights" so why say, "... grain weight"? It is nonsensical.
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Absolutely. Kernel of powder is the long accepted nomenclature as used in almost every reloading manual ever written.
As someone who has been reloading a relatively short time, here is my advice:
1) Buy at least two reloading manuals. Read the 1st hundred pages of all of them.
2) Seriously and honestly consider what your performance requirements are going to be. They will change and evolve as you do, but you need to start somewhere and having a clear goal will help decision making.
3) Safety first, but think about process more than anything else. What processes will work best for you and the tools you have access to? Good process yields consistency and consistency will yield better results than expensive components or fancy gizmo's every time.
4) Find mentors that will take you into their reloading room and work with you. If nothing else, the experience will help you develop your own process. (For example: when I started, I wanted to prime on-press as I believed being tied to the bench would keep me from getting distracted. Turns out I HATE priming on press and I also hate the way my press handles spent primers. Had I known, the money I could have saved on a press would have easily paid for hand priming tools...)
5) Keep detailed and honest records. Failures are important learning tools.
6) Parse any and all information you get. a) Reloading manuals and published load data are, first and foremost, marketing materials: assign trust accordingly. Consulting three or more sources will tend to give you a better idea of what you are looking at. b) Random load data on the internet just MIGHT have been created by a lunatic. Assign trust accordingly. c) Published load data is created using specific brass, with a specific primer, at a specific seating depth, being fired from a specific test barrel. Nothing you have will match that. Assign trust accordingly. Start low and work up. d) Your own records are also a source of information: they can be as trustworthy or as misleading as you make them. e) Never. Ever. Trust the advice of a bunch of internet weirdos. Especially this one.
Enjoy your journey becoming a reloader. I sure am.
1) Buy at least two reloading manuals. Read the 1st hundred pages of all of them.
2) Seriously and honestly consider what your performance requirements are going to be. They will change and evolve as you do, but you need to start somewhere and having a clear goal will help decision making.
3) Safety first, but think about process more than anything else. What processes will work best for you and the tools you have access to? Good process yields consistency and consistency will yield better results than expensive components or fancy gizmo's every time.
4) Find mentors that will take you into their reloading room and work with you. If nothing else, the experience will help you develop your own process. (For example: when I started, I wanted to prime on-press as I believed being tied to the bench would keep me from getting distracted. Turns out I HATE priming on press and I also hate the way my press handles spent primers. Had I known, the money I could have saved on a press would have easily paid for hand priming tools...)
5) Keep detailed and honest records. Failures are important learning tools.
6) Parse any and all information you get. a) Reloading manuals and published load data are, first and foremost, marketing materials: assign trust accordingly. Consulting three or more sources will tend to give you a better idea of what you are looking at. b) Random load data on the internet just MIGHT have been created by a lunatic. Assign trust accordingly. c) Published load data is created using specific brass, with a specific primer, at a specific seating depth, being fired from a specific test barrel. Nothing you have will match that. Assign trust accordingly. Start low and work up. d) Your own records are also a source of information: they can be as trustworthy or as misleading as you make them. e) Never. Ever. Trust the advice of a bunch of internet weirdos. Especially this one.
Enjoy your journey becoming a reloader. I sure am.
Now your just splitting hairs, my point of the whole thing was that with the bullets weights, in grains, that he is running, he would be able to use the same speed of powders. If they work out.
I realize it was redundant, but I don't proof read what I write. Just quickly type it on my phone. People typically aren't too concerned about grammer on a gun forum. I think my point made it across pretty clear, even though I referred to the bullet weight twice.
