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Reduced loads with Ball Powder
tomon
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In Modern Reloading, Second Edition, by Richard Lee, Ball powders are included in the Powder chart that they supply with the Cast Bullet reduced load formula. The way I read it, midrange ball powders should be able to be loaded down to 50% of max. Am I reading it right???[?]
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Rifle powders may not be so quirky, but I personally won't use them in reduced loads. They may work fine, but with so many extruded powders specifically intended for reduced loads, why take the risk?
As a side note, do be aware that Lee does not have a ballistic lab, and they do NOT test any loads whatever. ALL their data is merely copied from other sources (including original typos). Richard Lee's Reduced Load formula, therefore, is an untested hypothesis. I have never seen a report where it was verified by a testing lab.
The reason I posted the question was that in the book, Hodgdon ran reduced load testing with their powder for Lee, but not other brands.