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    444 marlin load development? any info

    I use 40 grains of H4198 behind a Sierra 300 JSP with Winchester primer in a 10" Thompson Center Contender. Velocity only averages just over 1500 fps, due to the short barrel, but groups under 2" @ 100 yards.
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    Heavy Bullets and Cratered Primers

    What primer do you guys feel to be the hardest, least likely to crater and flatten
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    High pressure from different primer

    I too agree with ksthomas. I think my next move is to load five of each with 10% less grains of IMR8208XBR with Winchester primers, five with CCI # 200, and five of the primed LC brass. Work my way back up to 42 grains, but, this time I'll chronograph the loads as I go.
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    High pressure from different primer

    No, I don't recall any problems seating the primers. Winchester primers usually seem to seat easier than others for me. I use CCI a lot. There are actually five cases, exactly that the one on the left. I was shooting five shot groups and didn't realize the flattening until after the group. Both...
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    High pressure from different primer

    First post though I've been lurking for awhile. Searched around and couldn't find anything similar. Been reloading for thirty years and never seen anything this drastic before. Both cases are Lake City loaded with 42.0 grains of Imr 8208 XBR behind a Hornady 150 SST. Everything about the...