Puppy,

Evidently in 33 years of handloading you've never run across any mention (and they've been frequent in the literature) about occasional VERY high pressure incidents with charges of slower-burning powders reduced more than 10% from maximum listed charges. They do not happen every time, and there is generally no indication that they might from previous shots--but when they do happen, the pressure often wrecks rifles.


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