I'm shooting a 20" Mosin M44 (made in Poland) with a scout rifle 2-7 scope setup. My current handload is a .311" Sierra 150 gr bullet over 48.5 gr of IMR 4895, which is a max load in most manuals. Load shoots close to MOA for 3 shots. When I shoot PPU 150 gr soft point factory loads they're a lot less accurate, but they make my handloads feel like managed recoil loads. The PPU loads hit 4" higher at 100 yards and has significantly more recoil and muzzle blast.
My question is that US reloading data is really conservative?
