When I put 62 grains of that WWII stuff in a FL sized .270 case, it actually fills the case to just above the end of the case neck...there are 3 or 4 granules of powder heaped in a little mound beyond the mouth of the case. When I seat the bullet, I hear crunching noises...does that qualify as a "compressed load"?
Old guys had a shortcut for the whole -06 family with surplus 4831: scoop them full, card them level, stuff a bullet in them.
Two, brothers that load together, friends of my Dad were / are, last I saw them, still working their way thru a 1/2 barrel of the stuff. They weigh sight in and hunting loads, but practice and plinking loads are just scooped full with a wriggly motion thru the barrel of powder and capped with a bullet. They've been doing this to good effect, judging by their targets and mounted horns and hides, since before I was born.
