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Pretty simple question, have a bunch of brass and want to fireform them without having to reloading expensive bullets and full powder charge. Anyone have a recipe to load rice or "other" over a low charge to blow the cases out? Would a FF load for a Win Mag be safe in your experienced opinions? Thanks everyone!
I will try to find the info, but cream of wheat and pistol powders and primers were the go to method of old. miles
Here is a link to a discussion of this. miles

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Read it! I was wrong, wasn't rice, was Cream of Wheat lol. I'll have to research if Red Dot will work. That'd be ideal since I have to get some for my 12ga 1-1/8oz Dove reloads... Any recipe I figure out I'll post. Should be good for any 300 H&H based brass...
Red dot will work. That is what I used to fire form 7mm08 improved way back. I can't seem to find my info right now. I did find that using bullseye, you start with a load 10% of a full case. I remember that I could not find bullseye and ended up with Red Dot. Used the rest of it after I got a .38 special and reloaded lead bullets. miles
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Cartridge          : .300 Weath. Mag.
Bullet             : .308, 110, Hornady FMJ 3017
Useable Case Capaci: 91.510 grain H2O = 5.942 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.100 inch = 78.74 mm
Barrel Length      : 26.0 inch = 660.4 mm
Powder             : Alliant BULLSEYE

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-20.0   50    28.00   2843    1974   46048   5129    100.0    1.134
-18.0   51    28.70   2878    2024   47730   5239    100.0    1.115
-16.0   53    29.40   2913    2073   49436   5349    100.0    1.098
-14.0   54    30.10   2948    2123   51165   5458    100.0    1.081
-12.0   55    30.80   2982    2172   52918   5566    100.0    1.064
-10.0   56    31.50   3016    2222   54694   5674    100.0    1.049  ! Near Maximum !
-08.0   58    32.20   3049    2271   56495   5781    100.0    1.034  ! Near Maximum !
-06.0   59    32.90   3082    2321   58320   5887    100.0    1.019  ! Near Maximum !
-04.0   60    33.60   3115    2370   60170   5993    100.0    1.005  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0   61    34.30   3147    2419   62045   6098    100.0    0.992  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0   63    35.00   3179    2469   63946   6202    100.0    0.979  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0   64    35.70   3211    2518   65872   6305    100.0    0.966  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0   65    36.40   3242    2567   67825   6408    100.0    0.954  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0   66    37.10   3273    2616   69804   6510    100.0    0.943  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+08.0   68    37.80   3304    2666   71810   6612    100.0    0.931  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+10.0   69    38.50   3334    2715   73843   6713    100.0    0.920  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba     63    35.00   3185    2478   65984   6190    100.0    0.966  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba     63    35.00   3171    2456   61393   6218    100.0    0.995  ! Near Maximum !
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