Please help me out.
A pound of powder equals 7000 grains weight, correct?
I acquired a pound of Varget this summer, and decided to load up a batch of . 30-06 with it. I determined that 46 grains would be the charge. Soooo, 7000 divided by 46 is approximately 152. Now I know I loaded about 25 rounds this summer just testing a few loads to arrive at the above mentioned 46 grains. Therefore I was expecting to load about 125 rounds.
So how is it I ended up loading 180 rounds, PLUS the 25 or so this summer? I checked and rechecked my scale setting, definitely 46 and not something dumb like 36. Do they put more than 7000 grains in, like do they maybe alliw a little overage??
I'm just really confused here.
And I'm no newbie, been loading since 1986!