Thread: compressed loads

Originally Posted by P38

I'm not a fan of compressed loads.

Bad things can happen if you get it wrong and you may also find your accuracy drops off as well.

However have you tried packing the powder into your cases?

You can gently Tap the case as you put the powder in so as the powder settles better

or you can use a drinking straw placed into the bottom of the case then fill the straw with powder and gently pull it out of the case.

Either method may get you another grain or two without having to compress the powder when you seat the projectile.

Changing your brass for another manufacturer may also gain a grain or two capacity due to differences in the internal capacity of the case.

Cheers
Pete

i did some rounds just before and tried tapping the cases to settle the powder, worked ok till i got to 70grains. the max the ar book said it 72gr compressed (i think?) so i guess im good until then.

i am hoping to get a bit of a flatter trejactory as my scopes dials dont go up very high, and i dont want to remove the pin cus ill loose mt zero stop.