Thread: Keyholing and stiff bolt lift

Greetings All,
I would not read too much into the varying pressure due to the nature of the ammunition being used. I have read that some of the Greek ammo was tumbled to clean it up. This is a doubtful practise due to the chance of the deterrent powder coating being rubbed of in the process. Different batches receiving different treatment and then combined before packing could easily account for quite different pressure in different cartridges. I think the message should be clear that don't use ammo of doubtful history and if you do don't expect too much in the way of consistency. Drawing conclusions on the basis of crap ammo is futile at best.
To @Frogfeatures AR2206H is a powder that you can go well below start loads with safety. Hodgdon gives a minimum of 60% of max loads for reduced loads with H4895 (AR2206H) and I have gone as low as 32 grains with the 150 grain plated projectiles with good results. Much below that the cases were smoked full length.
Regards Grandpamac.