I'm also curious what the velocity is. From the forecast I better do it tomorrow as Saturday is supposed to be more thunderstorms and I have to make a short trip to a funeral home. As far as a worthwhile reason I can think of two immediately. First is if it is an accurate load and the second is if I like it! Regardless of what numbers come from the chronograph that load will flatten anything I'm going to hunt at any range I'm likely to shoot. For a number of years we lived in NW Wyoming and if I were still there hunting moose and elk, as you do, my suspicion is I would have a bit different attitude and would duplicate factory ballistics but would not attempt to exceed them even though rifle and cartridge with modern propellants is probably capable, as is most old cartridges.

We all have our own ways and preferences. I have no problem with anyone loading a cartridge/rifle combination to its full potential and it's eminently obvious you know what you're doing. I have enjoyed reading your results with this fine old cartridge and rifle. I'm satisfied knowing, from your work, I can go farther if the need or want should arise.

A friend of mine ran some loads through his Quickloads program and with IMR-4895 showed 47 grs. at 40,253 PSI and 2160 fps. Granted those are predictions and each rifle will be different to some degree. I have no personal experience using Quickloads but I do trust this gentleman. His experience with other loads he has sent to a lab somewhere in Pennsylvania have been surprisingly, to me, close to the predictions. The other loads he ran with RE-15 at 47.5 grs. and BL-C2 at 49.5 grs. were at nearly the same pressures, being only a couple hundred PSI higher. Forming an opinion from your work and load and what Quickloads predicts the velocity from the load I'm at right now will be quite a bit below your numbers and his. I'm about half expecting between 1900 and 2000 fps. We'll see what my chrono says. As I have a surfeit of IMR-4064 I want to put some work in with it also then decide on a cast bullet.