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... it sure would be boring to if it went like “ I have such and such rifle what load should I use” and it put every pill in the X ring.
that happens all the time. this is all akin to some people asking "what's the best ... ?", when the "best" is actually elusively quite personal and the questioner should just be seeking guidelines as in "please help with ....". in my PPB adventures, i learned a lot - and continue to learn. i accept stuff in the form of anything and everything from everyone. the rest is up to me to decipher the wheat from the chaff, perhaps try, and either adopt, modify, or forget. to me, the nut to crack for any bp PPB load is the slick's dropped diameter and the patch paper thickness coming together to best bore ride. then the myriad of other PPB cartridge load considerations will shortly follow, from the slick selection down to the primer - and the alloy used, the rifle, the barrel, the ROT, the chamber, etc etc