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  1. 04-11-2018, 06:16 PM #1
    GWH
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    Ladder testing is also good for determining max safe powder charge and at what level you see excess pressure signs etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    Ladder testing is also good for determining max safe powder charge and at what level you see excess pressure signs etc.
    Not a Audette ladder test though but agreed...

    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    As has been posted recently by several on here, if loads are being incrementally increased while looking for the onset of pressure signs why not shoot at a target. Just don’t read something into the pattern of shots that has only been thrown up by chance.
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