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Can the 458wm be loaded with reduced loads of H4895 ? I never heard of this before but just read on hodgdon website that i can take the max load and multiply by .6 and start there. So my load of a 350gr.bullet with published 80gr.charge of H4895 is 80x.6=48 I had no idea i could load that low a charge. How can i calculate the speed? Has anyone else use this powder reduced and did you ever have any proplems? Do you think at 48 grains the velocity would be around 1500fps.?
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Ok i finally got to try 60 gr. H4895 WITH 350GR.HORNADY RN. In the 458wm. The round fired just fine but i wonder what my speed is running.1750-1800?
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Probably about 1900.
This was calculated from your 60-grain charge divided by the 80-grain maximum charge listed for 350's by Hodgdon, which gives slightly under 2500 fps in their 24" test barrel. One nice thing about single-based rifle powders is they're very predictable: Within normal pressures, velocity increases or decreases at the same rate as the powder charge.
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Thanks for the help John. I loaded some more last night with 68gr. I hope to be around 2,100fps.? Will shoot them when i get time.should be fun and hopefully accurate! So far i really like the H4895 powder.
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It's great powder. You should get around 2100 with 68 grains, though you never know unless actually chronographing the load.
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How fast should 400gr.speers run with 65 grain H4895?Any ideas? Would like to duplicate the 404 Jeffery old tyme load of 60gr. Cordite 2050fps I dont know anyone who shoots either the 458wm or the 404 jeffery...and i dont have a crony.
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Speer shows 2300 fps at 76 grains with the 350 grain bullet. No data for the 400 but you could compare it to the 45-70 loads for a cross reference. Looking at Hodgedon data: https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle a WAG number of about 68-70 grains will get you into the 450/400 or 404 Jeffrey range. Since this is below the starting load you could just begin at 68 grains and work up to see if you can get good accuracy.
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I have used H4895 with 6 or 7 different cartridge and it is VERY predictable. What ever percentage you drop from the max load, you will get a equal drop in speed. A 40% reduction of a max load should equal a 40% drop in speed.
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I will give you the numbers if you can explain why you are asking the question on the Reloading Software Forum.
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