[xwrench3]

for what it is worth, the so called "magic formula" that my rifle likes is 27.0 grains of Hodegdon Varget with a 40 grain v-max hornady bullet. i use cci std smalll rifle primers and LC92 brass. my rifle is an H&R Handi-rifle single shot, with a 1 in 12 twist rate. and that load was worked up from a much lower starting point. i would recommend you back that off at least 2 grains, and work up from there. there i no load worth destroying any single human part for, let alone a firearm. i hope you find a good load, i find it a very rewarding hobby.

 

[xwrench3]

yes, and those components are in very high demand. so the higher the demand, and the lower the availability, the higher the price. i had the not so wonderfull oppertunity to pay $48.00 for 1k of small pistol primers last month. but no one else had any of them, and unfortunately, neither did i. so, paying an extra $10.00 for a brick of them was much better than not having any. i am seriously considereing cutting my shooting habbit back by about 80-90% until all of this crud blows over. which of course will leave me with no outlet for stress. so either i buy interest in Canadian Club, or take up fishing. personally, the Canadian Club venture sounds like a better way to go. fishing only intensifies stress. because i am lousy at it. if i had to depend on feeding myself with a fishing pole, i would have been dead a long, long time ago!.