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Originally posted by 465H&H:

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Originally posted by shootaway:

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Originally posted by 465H&H:

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Originally posted by shootaway:
I once shot about 50 full power H4895 loaded lott rounds in about 15 minutes.The barrel got so hot that I could barely touch it.I once fired about a hundred Varget loaded 308 rds in about the same time span and the heavy palma got so hot that the inside of my scope caught on fire and I could see the flames while looking through it .I then threw it on the snow to extingush.These and other experiences made me a fan of the Hogdon extreme powders.

Shootaway,

No wonder you burnt the barrel out of your Lott!

74 grains of H-4895 is a very mild load with 500 grin bullets in the Lott. Here is some data from my testing with 500 grain Hornady solids. I suspect they will be under 2,000 fps.

76 grains IMR-4320 2,041 FPS (Hornady 500 grain soft)
80 grains IMR-4320 2,111 fps
82 grains IMR-4320 2,177 fps
81 grains IMR-4320 2,142 fps
82 grains IMR-4320 2,197 fps

79 grains H-4895 2,162 fps
81 grains H-4895 2,142 fps
82 grains H-4895 2,258 fps

465H&H

465H&H,I don't agree with your data.You should be getting more than 100 fps, over what you listed there,with a couple of those lott loads.The 79 grain H4895 load is a max load that should give you at least 100fps more than what you have there.

Shootaway,

Sorry you don't agree but I only report what I test. Your 79 grain max load is the one given in the Barnes manual and is for the overly long Barnes mono-metal bullets that that need to be deeply seated and therfore take up a lot of cartridge space.

465H&H

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Originally posted by Mississippian:
I understand both Jeffe and shootaway are to attend the Saturday evening AR party at the comfort inn Jan 9th. May I propose moving the venue to Medieval Times Just down the road ? That would be great entertainment, just like on the Jim Carey movie, Cable Guy! HAHA!!
We could begin the evening by feeding Frank Martinez to the lions!!

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Originally posted by 390ish:
I have been working an 8lb jug of DP74 for a while now on loads for my Lott. That is the surplus version of AA2520. Accurate used to have load information in pdf for the 2520 load on their site. take a look. It is not hard to get over 2300 fps with that powder, but when I did, it gave me a flinch that took quite a while to get over.

What is flinch?, I also have a 458 Lott, but I can only recharge with Tubal 3000 and Tubal 5000, which are powders sold in my country. Do you have tasted?

Oscar.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

george, of course you wont .. the flight would eat up all your time money for your next trip .. or dip into all those THOUSANDS of .458 500gr bullets you've shot in the last year ...and, of course, pays for your THREE months rest between shooting sessions

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Originally posted by shootaway:
I once shot about 50 full power H4895 loaded lott rounds in about 15 minutes.The barrel got so hot that I could barely touch it.I once fired about a hundred Varget loaded 308 rds in about the same time span and the heavy palma got so hot that the inside of my scope caught on fire and I could see the flames while looking through it .I then threw it on the snow to extingush.These and other experiences made me a fan of the Hogdon extreme powders.

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Originally posted by Ed Scarboro:
465H&H,
I finally got out to the range and chronographed a few more loads this time with h4895. I used Hornady brass with 215m primers and 500gr Hornady softnose.
75gr mv2177avg
76gr mv2211avg
77gr mv2230avg
78gr mv2238avg
79gr mv2244avg
80gr mv2326avg

I tried a couple of solid at 78gr and got mv 2368avg.

I seemed to get the same velocity jump as 465H&H only a couple of grains lower with the softnose.
The solids did shoot to the same point of impact as the soft nose albeit at much higher velocity.