I have the last 2 editions of Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook. But keep finding my self looking for data for rifles a bit out of the normal, is there any others out there that would help?
I have the last 2 editions of Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook. But keep finding my self looking for data for rifles a bit out of the normal, is there any others out there that would help?
You can use H4895 and the 60% rule, and you can use starting loads for jacketed bullets of the same weight.
http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/Hodgdon%2...fle%20load.pdf
rcbs put out a book some time back.
and accurate has some data in their manual as well.
I find myself manipulating jacketed loads more and more to get what I want.
look at those loads that are slow velocity and low pressure, those are the ones that will work best for our purposes.
they are also cut-off points for powder speed versus case volume so you can work towards faster powders from those tested points.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |