7x57 Mauser: I worked up to these loads. The load for the 140 BT's is the max in the Nosler manual for that bullet.

The load for 130gr SST's using H4831sc, I got out of the Nosler and Hodgdon manuals. It's max in the Nosler manual but below max in the Hodgdon manual. I'm happy with the performance, and didn't feel any personal need to see if I could reach the Hodgdon max.

The load for the 130gr SST's with RL-22 came out of the Alliant manual. It's below the max in that manual, but again, I liked the performance I got, so stopped there for now.

But I worked up to all of those loads, even though they're in manuals.


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