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I've been loading 88grs of RL15 under a 500 Hornady. I got this load from the reloading pages here. The load is for a 450 Vincent but the two are twins. I've got no signs of pressure at all. It shoots great and velocity is 2397fps over my cronograph. Brass is Norma 404J. Primers are 215MM. Pierre over at BBSA says that this load should be a very high pressure load. I'm confused and unsure as to my load now. Does anyone here load for this round?? " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | ||
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whats the case length????? wHAT WAS YOUR STARTING LOAD ??? .If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined .... | |||
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gumboot458, the case length is 2.5" OAL is 3.450 to the rifleing, seated to 3.360 That was my first test load. It worked so well, 25 rounds tested, that i didn't think about trying anything else. " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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W; I found some loads for you from original article by Lott. Hope it helps. Alliant Rel-7 73.0gr 2,200fps 22.5†Guns&Ammo April 82 Hodgdon BLC-2 80.0gr 2,035fps 22.5†Guns&Ammo April 82 Hodgdon H-4895 78.0gr 2,175fps 22.5†Guns&Ammo April 82 IMR-4350 80.0gr 2,150fps 22.5†Guns&Ammo April 82 IMR-4064 78.0gr 2,050fps 22.5†Guns&Ammo April 82 IMR-3031 75.0gr 2,100fps 22.5†Guns&Ammo April 82 Pierre van der Walt | |||
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HHHMMMMM,thanks Pierre. I think we got some work (testing) to do.  " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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Oh hell, what a great excuse to shoot more!  LMAO  " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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i have had much better results with h335 than the other slower powders, and better with i4895 than h i never took rl 15 to that heavy a load.. might need to try, but h335 works great for me opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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jeffeosso, thanks for the help..time to experiment with some more powders. I'm going to back my load off to 82gr and work up and see what the cronograph tells me. " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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.......Is HP White Laboratories still in bussiness .....88 gr of RL 15 seems pretty strong .If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined .... | |||
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gumboot458...i'm going to back it off to 82gr and work up some...maybe try some h335 or??? " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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.........If RL 15 works , and it seems to ,,then so would 4064 , and probably 4320 ... .If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined .... | |||
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Well, i tested some loads while working at the range. 82gr of RL15 gave me 2250fps with the 500gr Hornady. It's much more pleasent to shoot and still shoots really well. " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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Well, your velocities match the Vincent Short at both loads. So what's the problem, if you see no signs of high pressure? ------------------------------- Will / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor, GOA, NAGR _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped. “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ If anything be of note, let it be he was once an elephant hunter, hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Will, no problem, just beening carefull. I had no signs of pressure at all at 88gr but 82gr is more fun to shoot.  It's nice to know it'll go to that level if needed. I'd like to get some 550gr woodleigh's and try them.  " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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....Ol Bull .. You might try taking 1 new brass and see how many times you can reload it with the 88 gr load .... From what I understand if you get 6 firings or more then your pressures are fine ..?? No doubt 2200 fps would be more fun to shoot .... 2400 fps is what the 460 Short A-Sq. gets btw, but you probably get 1 more round in the mag ... .If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined .... | |||
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It'll hold 4 down + 1.. ..and thats a good idea, i'll take a case and see how long it lasts. I'll keep track of measurements and see! Thanks Gumboot458  On another note i'm thinkin about adding 1LB to it and bring it up to 10.5lbs..That'll help alot " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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The closest powder to RL-15 is 4350.... Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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. You mean RL 19 don,t you .. being close to 4350.. RL 15 is very close to IMR 4320 and 4064 .... ??????????????????????? .If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined .... | |||
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I might try some IMR4320 just to see how it does. But i sure am happy with RL15 How about some Norma 203B???...anyone tried that? I did try some Varget...82gr gave me 2200fps with the 500gr Hornady " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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Ray, you should come and shoot with us..  " If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countryman " Samuel Adams, 1772 | |||
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