New to rifle reloading.
As the title suggests I ran into pressure signs (flattened primers and very stuck cases) extremely early. Rifle is a .308 savage 20" barrel 1 in 10 twist. Loads are as follows:
Once fired LC and Hornady brass FL sized and trimmed to 2.005" no crimp.
175 SMK
WLR primers (second hand)
42 gr Varget (checked and rechecked)
2.800 COAL. Base to ogive 2.225. jump .020.
Chronograph was all over the place between 2400 fps and 2613 fps.
I'm looking for ideas. I suspect the primers may have been mislabeled. Would a magnum primer overpressure at only 42gr? Has anyone seen a hot batch of Varget?
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
As the title suggests I ran into pressure signs (flattened primers and very stuck cases) extremely early. Rifle is a .308 savage 20" barrel 1 in 10 twist. Loads are as follows:
Once fired LC and Hornady brass FL sized and trimmed to 2.005" no crimp.
175 SMK
WLR primers (second hand)
42 gr Varget (checked and rechecked)
2.800 COAL. Base to ogive 2.225. jump .020.
Chronograph was all over the place between 2400 fps and 2613 fps.
I'm looking for ideas. I suspect the primers may have been mislabeled. Would a magnum primer overpressure at only 42gr? Has anyone seen a hot batch of Varget?
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!