Josh Smith
Active Member
- Aug 10, 2010
- 105
Hi All,
Found some primers. Bought 1k Federal LPP and 1K LRP from the local friendly gunstore. (These are the folks who know me by name and have called me in on milsurps after I bought a complete Gewehr 88/05 from them for $37.50 OTD
Good folks, family owned, and large. www.bassandbucks.com)
Anyway, the Federal rifle primers are the #215. They're not match, but they'll work. However, I have no experience with these.
My loads are rather mild according to Hodgdon, though they are not weak. 45 grains Varget backing 150 grain pills and 43.5 grains Varget backing 174 grain SMKs in 7.62x54r.
Do I need to adjust my loads at all and work back up? They're actually below minimum according to Hodgdon but starting load according to others.
Thanks,
Josh
Found some primers. Bought 1k Federal LPP and 1K LRP from the local friendly gunstore. (These are the folks who know me by name and have called me in on milsurps after I bought a complete Gewehr 88/05 from them for $37.50 OTD
Good folks, family owned, and large. www.bassandbucks.com)Anyway, the Federal rifle primers are the #215. They're not match, but they'll work. However, I have no experience with these.
My loads are rather mild according to Hodgdon, though they are not weak. 45 grains Varget backing 150 grain pills and 43.5 grains Varget backing 174 grain SMKs in 7.62x54r.
Do I need to adjust my loads at all and work back up? They're actually below minimum according to Hodgdon but starting load according to others.
Thanks,
Josh
