hello,
ive got some questions about my favorite load , since ive bee reading some post about reduced loads an accidents that occured with them.
over here in holland we cant buy AA powders no more , but for the european market this AA powder was manufactured
by a compagnie called lovex , and they brought out the powder under their own name.
AA 5477 is now called lovex d060 here , the can says "similar to AA 5477" , so i think its safe to think its the same.
so , now for the actual question , i patch my bullet , and seat them out some 3 mm more than usual , so that when i close the bold the bullet will slide back in the casing for final size , no problem with this.
my load is 19.5 gr of powder in the 6.5x55 mm cartridge.
ive shot some 700 shots with this combination , mild recoil and an exellent cartridge for my 100 mtr shooting.
the casings when fired show no signs of over-or underpressure and actually come out very clean.
my lyman reloading handbook gives me a startingload of 18.5 gr powder , so i think my load is okay , but i would like to hear from the more experienced reloader what you think of this load.
in my book its better to be safe than sorry .