SaintPanzer
AH enthusiast
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I had QuickLoad working well, and was able to get a great target load using Scorion bullets. All was good. Then I made the mistake of upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 11 Professional. QuickLoad no longer works. I've been going back and forth with QL's technical team, but am losing hope on getting it working again. Apparently, QL does not play well with Windows 11 version 22H2, and it doesn't like non-Intel processors. I don't think I'll get it working again. This distresses me greatly, as I have a hunt coming up, and I wanted to work up a load.
I have "book data" from VihtaVouri for .30-06, using N160 powder and a Brenneke TOG 165 grain bullet loaded to a COL of 3.189 inches. VV recommends a starting load at 44.8 grains, good for about 2323 fps, and a max load of 54.5 grains, for 2657 fps. All that is well and good, and I was going to work up a .2 grains, looking for a solid node. Here's my question:
When I worked up the Scorion target load, the "upper range" of VV's recommended load was about 102% case capacity (I just used the default capacity for .30-06 brass, I did not measure my RWS brass). I stopped my testing at 99.9% capacity, and actually found the best node around 98%. Because I don't have a working QL, I don't know if I'm going to approach case capacity/compressed load, and I'm not sure how much I want to push it.
Can anyone with a working version of QL tell me what 54.5 grains of VV N160 looks like as far as case capacity, running a Brenneke TOG at 3.189 COL? Thanks!
I have "book data" from VihtaVouri for .30-06, using N160 powder and a Brenneke TOG 165 grain bullet loaded to a COL of 3.189 inches. VV recommends a starting load at 44.8 grains, good for about 2323 fps, and a max load of 54.5 grains, for 2657 fps. All that is well and good, and I was going to work up a .2 grains, looking for a solid node. Here's my question:
When I worked up the Scorion target load, the "upper range" of VV's recommended load was about 102% case capacity (I just used the default capacity for .30-06 brass, I did not measure my RWS brass). I stopped my testing at 99.9% capacity, and actually found the best node around 98%. Because I don't have a working QL, I don't know if I'm going to approach case capacity/compressed load, and I'm not sure how much I want to push it.
Can anyone with a working version of QL tell me what 54.5 grains of VV N160 looks like as far as case capacity, running a Brenneke TOG at 3.189 COL? Thanks!