I've got another question. I went into Cabelas the other day and looked through all their reloading books.

There is a bunch of different data all for the Hornady 139 grain bullet and H414.

Lymans manual lists a MAX charge of 47.6

Hornady lists a MAX charge of 49.9

Hodgdon lists a MAX charge of 47


I know they all test under different conditions, rifles, and such. But that is a very big spread.

I have never worked any load, in any gun, to showing pressure signs. I have loaded at MAX and beyond on a few different occasions, but only just to see how the groups were reacting. Has anyone noticed that this particular bullet shoots best pushed real hard? It seemed to be that way for the Sierra I was working with.