Thread: 7mm Rem Mag- Load- Starting Point

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

right so you keep ONE factory round aside...set up your dies for length/seating depth with it...giving you same or VERY similar bullet jump you are half way there.... velocity will be somewhere between 3/4 and maximum...being a factory loading it wont be super hot and being federal shouldnt be too mild.... you could if you happend to know what powder was used in factory load pull a round and measure it.... or if had chronicgraph fire factory load and keep going with reload till find same velocity...... or just put a not too hot load together and go shoot something.

Federal will be mixing powders to get a 'secret recipe' I would imagine-
Yea going to just work up load to same (or very similar but maybe slightly higher) velocity as you say.