Valpine Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 I used reloaded 15 for many years loading 243 and 223 no problems. I have now changed to Vihtavuori 120.Papua cases. Starting load 19.3 grins Max22.7 grns. Starting at 21.5 grins very accurate but primer showed crater.Reduced to 21.grins then 20 and now 19.3 grins primer still shows slight crater.Help please .Alpine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpine Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Error due to not checking typing. Reloaded 15 was powder.cases Lapua .sorry will check in future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy RV Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 In which cartridge? .223? And what bullet weight? While N120 is suitable with light bullets in .223 I doubt it’s many people’s first choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpine Posted December 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Andy RV .cartridge 223 Rem.Bullet 50grin v max.case Lapua . Powder n120. Starting load 19.3 Max load 22.7grins. I loaded 21.0 grins very accurate in fact 3 shot at 100 yds touching.But noticed small crater on primer Cci400. Same thing happened when I tried benchrest primers Reduced load to 20.5 then.20 grns. Then min load of 19.3 still light crater mark. No other pressure problems. Would be interesting if anyone had similar problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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