I have plans to reload 243 for my a-bolt. I did some checks and may have made an error. My planned load is a 95 grain Nosler ballistic tip and the powder I bought is Hodgdon Hybrid 100 with Winchester primers. My concern is I had apparently forgotten that I had the ballistic silvertip as opposed to the Nosler partition (95 grains) that this powder apparently is matched with per the Hodgdon website. Am I creating a recipe for disaster?
Newbie reloader needs help 243
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Ammunition was reloaded on kitchen tables and in the garage for at least 75 years, before the loading companies specified what type of bullet. The old loading books simply gave calibre, type of powder, weight of powder and weight of bullet. Period. Nothing about type of primer, brand of brass, kind of bullet, or overall cartridge length.
Ammunition was reloaded on kitchen tables and in the garage for at least 75 years, before the loading companies specified what type of bullet. The old loading books simply gave calibre, type of powder, weight of powder and weight of bullet. Period. Nothing about type of primer, brand of brass, kind of bullet, or overall cartridge length.
"...Am I creating..." Hi. Nope. You load for the bullet weight. Who made it or its construction doesn't matter. Hodgdon just happened to test 95 grain loads with a Nosler Partition. If you were buy buy some Hornady 95 grain SST's, for example, you'd use the same data.
Don't worry about the 'C' on the max loads either. Just means they're compressed. That'll start before you get to max loads too. Compressed loads are nothing to be concerned about. When you seat the bullet, it'll compress the powder into the case.
Don't worry about the 'C' on the max loads either. Just means they're compressed. That'll start before you get to max loads too. Compressed loads are nothing to be concerned about. When you seat the bullet, it'll compress the powder into the case.
In Noslers manual, all the loads I used were by bullet weight, sometimes only similar. So 165gr Partitions, 165gr Ballistic tip and 168gr BTHP all use the same .308 data.
If you work up a hot or max load with one type of components, you need to start at the bottom with different components. (if you worked up from 40gr to 44.5grs of XX powder under the YYY bullet don't just swap to ZZZ bullet) It may not behave the same.
If you work up a hot or max load with one type of components, you need to start at the bottom with different components. (if you worked up from 40gr to 44.5grs of XX powder under the YYY bullet don't just swap to ZZZ bullet) It may not behave the same.
Can't comment on Hodgdon Hybrid 100 as I never used that. My go to powder for 243 is H4350. I have also used H4831.
Always start at low end and work yourself up and watch for signs of pressure. Also note that the older manuals have higher max load than the manual say in the last 10 years.
Play safe and have fun.
Always start at low end and work yourself up and watch for signs of pressure. Also note that the older manuals have higher max load than the manual say in the last 10 years.
Play safe and have fun.
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While the above is true, tread lightly when using bullets such as Barnes X in this fashion. Their construction and typically longer bullet for a given weight will change this procedure somewhat. Shouldn't be a problem with Noslers of any type though. - dan
