So I have been working up a load with bullseye powder to keep it under 1090fps for a subsonic .308 load. Here are my specs and results;
.308 once fired lake city brass cut to 2.006" after full length sizing
Lee 170gr .309 flat point mold no gas check
liquid Alex tumble lube
wheel weight alloy water dropped
wolf magnum large rifle primers
bullseye 5.4-5.6gr
light taper crimp
fps - 1060-1098
groip size - 1moa
the results are more than enough than what I need in a sub load but the reason I come here for questions is because I reciently spoke to an Alliant marketing agent who tells me using bullseye with such low loads is very dangerous because there could end up being a hang fire one day which will result in the bullet being being a squib before the charge goes off which then will result in the equivent of an obstructed barrel explosion aka pipe bomb...
this has me worried and the marketing rep refered me to using red dot instead. He also advised me to research "the load" by ED Harris.
On on my research I found the load by ed Harris but also more info showing results from ed Harris also using bullseye in 5gr with a 125gr cast bullet. Researching further shows that red dot is so close to bullseye it is almost interchanable (almost is the key here)
now I am scratching my head... he referee me to ed Harris info on the load which shows a viable (safe) sub load using bullseye at less grains than I am using with a lighter bullet...
can someone shed some light for me on the dire warnings of using bullseye in a .308 for a subsonic load or the was this marketing rep just mistaken?