Ok fellas, need some help understanding what I'm missing here. Went to the range today. Shot a load that was .1 gr under the hornady listed starting charge, and it chrono'd 60 fps ABOVE the velocity for the MAX charge.
Rifle details:
24" x-caliber, 1-8 tw, 5R
KVP 5.6oz buffer
Sprinco orange buffer spring
Load details:
Hornady 130gr ELDM
41.0grs H4350
Brand new Hornady brass
FGM210M primers
2.800" coal
I had loaded some of these a while back, and shot them up to 41.9grs, and began getting burrs from the ejector swipe. Didn't understand it then either, but thought I'd come home and figure it out. Obviously, I haven't figured it out. The only guess is have is Hornady has incorrect data listed for that load. I shot other loads with different bullets and powders, and they were running where they should have been, within reason.
Ihve shot loads with 6.5 staball and VARGET and they were fine.
I swear, I'm not losing my mind.
Edit: The hornady manual list 41.1grs for a starting charge, with 42.8grs as max, for the 130gr ELDM. I was shooting 41.0grs at 2760 fps avg.