I recently horse traded for a 1915 Swedish Mauser and am stumped on reloading data. My mold of choice was the NOE 270-151-RN-BB5 2 Cavity GC which drops right at 149-150 grains with wheel weights which I sized to .266 and lubed with Carnauba Red. I'm finding difficulty finding load data for this boolit weight with exception of what's shown in Lymans 49th edition. Most of my reference books stop at 140 grains and then skip to 160 grains, and that's for jacketed bullets. One of the loads listed is AA-5744. Is that the same as Accurate 5744? I have about a 1/2 lb of that and it could get me started in some load development. Also, 2400 is listed in Lymans 49th and I have a pound of Hercules 2400 on hand. Is that the same also?
I've also got Accurate 2460, IMR 4064 & 4895, Hodgdon H4198, H110(pistol powder), HP-38(pistol powder) & H4831SC, and Unique on hand, however, none of these powders are listed, or if they are, not in my weight boolit.
I've read in a previous post a load of 10.5 grains of Unique as a pet load, and I am going to try that but don't know what the upper cap would be without getting out my chrony. The 2400, 4064, 4895, & H4831SC could also work but I have no experience wildcatting a load. I have always just used published load data in the past.
I'm now mostly a paper puncher at the private range so hunting loads don't matter much to me. Any suggestions out there? I understand I'm not getting technical on details of the bore or case prep; I'm just looking for what others have used in the past and gotten good results. If I'm minute of torso, I'm good with that. Just want to play with my new to me rifle, safely.
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