bonanza
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Loc: South Carolina
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Need a 450 and 475 No. 2 starting load for a friend.
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NE450No2
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Have your friend look at the loads on the barrel flats that the rifle was regulated for. Example: My 450 No2 was regulated for 75 grains of Cordite [Tropical load, your buddies double may state 80 grains cordite]. Take the Grains of Cordite and multiply by 1.19, ie 75 X 1.19 = 89.25 grains of RL 15. Drop a few grains for safety and I would start with, say 87 grains. Work up watching for pressure untill the rifle shoots good. My rifle shoots good with 88 grains of RL 15 and 480 Woodleigh soft/solids, 500 Hornady soft and old solids, and 500 Swift A Frames.
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NitroX
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I knew .450 No 2 NE would jump in. He gave me my first suggested loads, which I converted to AR powders, around 105 grs of AR2213SC, which I reduced to 103 grs and 105 gr came in the bet though high which I have lived with so far.
A couple of other guys also gave me suggested loads and the 105 grs AR2213SC was pretty consistently the one.
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Marrakai
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Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
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NE450No2: What do you mean by "watching for pressure"? This is dangerous advice for a reloading novice: the first signs of dangerous pressure in a Brit double may well be spontaneous violent disassembly a few inches in front of the shooter's face!
The proper advice is to shoot over a chronograph. With powders in the medium-slow to slow burning rate, loads which do not exceed the published muzzle-velocity of the original cordite loads will generally be safe in a Brit double.
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Rusty
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Reged: 08/02/03
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Loc: Missouri City, Texas
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I wonder what happened to those 475#2 dies I once had?
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