Thanks for the input. Lots to considder.
did you work up to this load, or did you just pick the book max, load it and go to the range...
Yes we did open the book and pick the load; except it was the
starting load
! The load had been worked up a few weeks ago. He used to shoot 67.5 grains and get 3,284 feet per second all the time. Since the rifle returned from the 'smith, we started backing the load down. First by seating the bullet away from the rifling .050" like Barnes suggests. Before he had it about .010" off the rifleing.
