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PaulS put your order in at .midsouthshooterssupply.com they will take a back order... I know right now they are looking at August sometime for most primers, however they just filled my order for powde ...

Trying to integrate the two products or import the data found in OnTarget to Target area for different loads in PointBlank... problem I am running into is OnTarget does not display shot in X,Y coordin ...

Powder GONE, if you can find it they are selling it at 3 to 4 times normal price.. (gunbroker.com) primers are the same way... I have an order in but back-ordered until at least August... maybe they ...

Anyone tried this powder out yet?

Looking to test it out in my 204 but haven't had the opportunity to pick up a pound yet and wanted to get some feedback on it.

Thanks

Dave

So far the best load I have found for my 243 is a berger 95 gr VLD with 40.5 gr of Hodgdon H380 I'm getting a consistent 2925 fps +or- 10 fps... and I'm still testing... accuracy is 5 shots all inside ...

When I get a chance I'm going to test out the new Hodgdon CFE 223 in my 204 and 243....
on the Hodgdon web site they list several loads with it for the 308 and the 223 might be something to look int ...

I may have discovered something here... the exact same load

Ruger 204

28.5 grains Varget 32gr V-MAX

@ sea level
CCI400 primers = evidence of cratering
Reminton 7 1/2 primer = no ...

FYI... I have found several issues with this new brass (Winchester brass) where the flash hole is out of round or has brass filings still hung in the hole.. I'm betting this is what is contributing to ...

I checked it and rechecked it, even made sure the pin was only 3/16 inch past the die bottom as specified by RCBS... I'm wondering if some of these cases have the primer hole screwed up prior to me re ...

I'm bending just the decapping pin....

I have a set of RCBS reloading dies for my 204... when I do a full length resize of the brass I constantly bend the Expander-Decapping rod. I have had to replace two of them now... then issue seems t ...

would it be safe to assume that the start load would be safe with a magnum primer?

i.e. this is according to berger's load chart for thier bullet

40gr Berger BT (bullet) ruger 204
H414 powder
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Don't get me wrong, I work toward max load, rarely do I find that a max load provides best performance/accuracy...

This particular caliber I am starting at minimum... 26.0gr and step up .3 grains ...

First let me say thank you all for your input. My example was just that an example... however let me get a little more specific on my load I'm working..

I am working a load for my 204, I have been ...

/I'm probably going to open a can of worms here but here it goes. If I took an identical load one with a regular primer one with a magnum primer what difference if any will I observe?

Example:
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