Muleskinner
Ultimate Member
I've been using a tested and trusted 5.56 load for about 10 years now.
22.6 grn of Accurate LT-32 with a 55grn pill. When I developed it it was in the middle of the manufacturers published data. I never load max.
This evening I prepped 500 cases for loading and decided to look to see if there was load data for 50 grn bullets since I have a couple boxes that were a gift..
Much to my surprise I found that the load data for the 50 grn is nearly the same as the data sheet I have for LT-32 that Hodgdon published when LT-32 was first introduced in 2013. So, I looked at the 55 grn ..they list the max now at 20.6grn..
Now I have a few thousand rounds of the 22.6 grn loads..I'm not worried about shooting those but wondering how you can trust manufacturers load data if they are going to change it so drastically..
22.6 grn of Accurate LT-32 with a 55grn pill. When I developed it it was in the middle of the manufacturers published data. I never load max.
This evening I prepped 500 cases for loading and decided to look to see if there was load data for 50 grn bullets since I have a couple boxes that were a gift..
Much to my surprise I found that the load data for the 50 grn is nearly the same as the data sheet I have for LT-32 that Hodgdon published when LT-32 was first introduced in 2013. So, I looked at the 55 grn ..they list the max now at 20.6grn..
Now I have a few thousand rounds of the 22.6 grn loads..I'm not worried about shooting those but wondering how you can trust manufacturers load data if they are going to change it so drastically..