Originally Posted by
Silverton
A lot of folks use Winchester's 231 powder, but the Hodgdon's Reloading data shows that a max. load gives only 906 fps with a 185 grain bullet.
But is that 185gn bullet a 185gn Golden Saber? And if it's not a Golden Saber, what leads you to believe it'll give you the velocity you want after you work up to that max. load? And do you have (or have access to) a chronograph so you can tell what your velocities are as you work up the load?
When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind. [Lord Kelvin]
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