powder charge differences

[stovepipe699]

Absolutely use the 54.4 gr load. It's not hot at all, and should be a good load for you. I have been loading 180 IB Hornadys with H 4350 and getting best accuracy at over 2800 fps and 56.5 to 57 gr. Note:I worked up to that level! It's not quite the same powder as IMR, Which I intend to try.(I suspect it may be slightly slower and more accurate.) Buy a chrony, you may be very surprised at some of the results. It's a very useful tool!

 

[H4831]

I only loaded a box-I was careful to transfer one shell at a time to another place in the loading block as I went through the process,one step at a time.I did look at the charged shells, making sure I had a charge in each one,and they did look a bit low-but not enough to alert me I had made a mistake[overloading the 9,3x57 would be pretty appearant due to case capacity]Oh well,at least I know I have 20 carefully weighed charges-5 gr under what I wanted.

The 9,3x57 is considered a ''short range'' under 200 yard caliber[although that exceeds my average shot by about 3 times anyway]so I'm not sure what effect a 42 gr charge would be vs a 47 gr charge behind a 286 gr soft nosed bullet in actual hunting conditions .I;m not sure how critical IMR 4064 is either in terms of pressure.Ironically-I decided to weigh each charge because I can't seem to get the powder dispensor throwing the same charges

However-I certainly agree I made a fundamental and potentially dangerous mistake-miscalculating a load.I think I will use the 45 gr lee dipper in future to put the main amount on the scale,then top up the extra grains to the desired amount.That should avoid a similar mistake.Of course-now that I am aware of the correct scale increments,I won't make that mistake again...

The fact you made a mistake, just proves you are human, like the rest of us who also make mistakkes. The only difference is most of us don't honestly tell of our mistakes!
Putting your charged cases in a loading block is a very good plan, that maybe most of us follow. You soon get to know just what the powder level should be in the case, with a particular load, then, of course, you would check anything that looked suspicious. This is important as you branch out to more calibres.
I mentioned the danger of having a concentration lapse while loading. I have had this happen, resulting in pulling some bullets I had loaded, because I couldn't positivley remember taking the usual checking steps to see that the scale was set right.
I think you will do very well on reloading.

 

[ratherbefishin]

thanks-and I probably wouldn't have gotten into reloading unless I got the 9,3x57 which is considered ''obsolete''with off the shelf ammunition not readily available,but everything I read on it suggested it was a good choice for moose /bear.
While this is my first attempt at reloading-I am accutely aware of loss of concentration,and neccesity to follow a routine-I once[just once] left my ramrod in my TC 50 caliber blackpower rifle-and fired it-heck of a thump-sent the ramrod down range 100 yards and right through the plywood target. I certainly don't want to over charge a rifle shell-kinda like having all my fingers and two eyes!