This is the recipe I'm reloading from the Lyman 5th edition book:
7/8 oz. target loads
Remington Premier STS Cases
#9 lead shot
Red dot powder
Win. 209 Primer
Win. Waa12L replacement wads
17.5 grains of powder
1250 fps
8,500 psi
I'm aiming for 17.5 grains of powder. With a #30 bushing, I was consistently not even getting 17 gns. I switched up to a #31 and most of the time am getting between 17.2 and 17.5. Every once in a while, when I take a reading, it will be 17.6 and have seen 17.7 once.
Just now, I stopped after 10 shells and saw 18.1 on the scale (which I bought from cabelas for reloading). I then took another reading right after that and it was 17.2 again.
So let's say I really did drop 18.1 grains in one of my shells. Would nothing happen, or should I scrap those shells and start over with a #30? What is a safe level of deviation over the charge limit?
(I'm using the same empty shell to collect powder for test readings as I am for collecting shot for dumping back in the hopper. One possible explanation of the 18.1 is that a single bb was still in the shell when when I did the 18.1 test reading. Don't know for sure tho.)
7/8 oz. target loads
Remington Premier STS Cases
#9 lead shot
Red dot powder
Win. 209 Primer
Win. Waa12L replacement wads
17.5 grains of powder
1250 fps
8,500 psi
I'm aiming for 17.5 grains of powder. With a #30 bushing, I was consistently not even getting 17 gns. I switched up to a #31 and most of the time am getting between 17.2 and 17.5. Every once in a while, when I take a reading, it will be 17.6 and have seen 17.7 once.
Just now, I stopped after 10 shells and saw 18.1 on the scale (which I bought from cabelas for reloading). I then took another reading right after that and it was 17.2 again.
So let's say I really did drop 18.1 grains in one of my shells. Would nothing happen, or should I scrap those shells and start over with a #30? What is a safe level of deviation over the charge limit?
(I'm using the same empty shell to collect powder for test readings as I am for collecting shot for dumping back in the hopper. One possible explanation of the 18.1 is that a single bb was still in the shell when when I did the 18.1 test reading. Don't know for sure tho.)