Originally Posted by 243Win
My bbl is 25.5" long and my load is 45.5gr of RL17 .. I have loaded my nosler brass 5 times now with this load and that brass is as tight as the first time I loaded it. I guess Berger is releasing dangerous load data then .. They got 2830 fps with a 24" and 45.9 gr of RL17......


Berger doesn't test loads with pressure barrels, it publishes QuickLoad predictions.

You're 70 fps over their max guess with 1.5" more barrel.

Not country I care to be in... but undoubtdly your rifle can handle a load over 64,000 psi.


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