Originally Posted by 2015_PSD
Originally Posted by KneeGrinder
Please do not reload that fantastic cartridge on a progressive press. The case advance turret plate is not stabile enough and you will have a variance in the set back on the shoulder and the bullet seating depth. I have both, a 22 PPC, and a Dillion 650. If you are having a rifle built, the cost of the rifle, good brass= Norma, Lapua, Match bullets, Powder, and if you set your chamber's neck up with a tight clearance and have to turn necks, ect. Bench guys use single stage presses, and hand primer tools, and expensive dies, your rifle will never shoot "Dot's" without the good dies. That is a bench rifle caliber. Any single stage press will be consistent. Load data, and good info; 6MMBR.com .1 in 14 twist will like 52/53 match, mine likes sierra matchkings, 53g HPFB, Hodgdon H332, and Hodgdon H335. Barrel life/accuracy will dwindle after 2500/3000 rounds.
I have a Wilson arbor press and hand dies, but I do not have the time to load hundreds/thousands of rounds using that methodology. This will be a varmint rifle, not a benchrest rifle, and having shot tens of thousands of rounds in my other rifles that were loaded on a RL550 or XL650, I am comfortable with the tolerances, especially since I use Redding competition dies. I scored quite a bit of new Norma PPC brass recently, so I just need to work up a load using this Alliant powder and go from there, I was just hoping someone had used this powder and had some feedback on it.
OK. I and others I have met, or shot with, loaded the cartridge with the projectile seated .010 to .050 off of the rifle lands, and most neck size or only bump the shoulder back .001 to .0005 which would not be consistent on a progressive press. You know how bench guys are, everything has to be exactly the same!
Sierra BlitzKing 55g or 50g might work well for you then.
Hodgdon H332 is the most common powder used, H335 works well also. I can't help you with the Alliant powder, sorry. Good luck!
