Thanks John - I'll give the Varget load a bump up too. It's shooting very accurately now, just not quite turning in the speed I've been persuaded to expect ;o)
Three pounds of Varget and an 8#-keg of H4350 arrived in the mail today, so I am more willing to experiment with Varget.
I'll drop the 2000-MR load back a couple tenths to get both of those powders shooting about the same and run a batch in new unfired cases to take valid CHE measurements as well for comparison.
BTW, I just received my copy of The Big Book of Big Game Hunting and am greatly enjoying it. I'm just reading it through from the beginning rather than skipping to the chapters that interest me most. So far you're sounding like quite the curmudgeon!! (kidding)
Thanks for the inputs on the Nine-Three loads.
Rex
