New to Grendel, checklist and questions.

[StockDog]

I'm loading for a Lilja 319 that I recently traded for. I've reloaded 308 and 223 for several years now but I still consider myself a novice reloaded.

I have 200 pieces of hornady brass that I have:
sized/trued
Chamfered and deburred
Primed with CCI 400 (I notice that many are using the 450s, I have done at home but I have already primed this batch)

I have 8208, CFE223, blc-2, and others. This seemed to be a good starting point.

I have ordered the Grendel reloading vol.1 but am going on loads posted here, reduce by 10% and work up a ladder at .2 grains.

I'll experiment and play it safe as I go.

Any advice, helpful hints, or pointing out where I may be screwing up would be appreciated.

I apologize, I didn't realize I had posted this incorrectly.
Thank you

[cory]

Becareful using those 400s. They're really to soft for a semi, as they're prone to slam fires. Keep this in mind whenever you're loading your rifle. If you have a hand deprimer or access to one I'd deprime them and chunk those primers. If you were loading up plinking rounds I'd just say be extra careful. However, since you're trying to find a good load for your rifle I'd eliminate a future variance that could throw you off.

I normally go by .3gr, but .2gr will work for you just fine if not better.

Where about in AL are you?

[LR1955]

I'm loading for a Lilja 319 that I recently traded for. I've reloaded 308 and 223 for several years now but I still consider myself a novice reloaded.

I have 200 pieces of hornady brass that I have:
sized/trued
Chamfered and deburred
Primed with CCI 400 (I notice that many are using the 450s, I have done at home but I have already primed this batch)

I have 8208, CFE223, blc-2, and others. This seemed to be a good starting point.

I have ordered the Grendel reloading vol.1 but am going on loads posted here, reduce by 10% and work up a ladder at .2 grains.

I'll experiment and play it safe as I go.

Any advice, helpful hints, or pointing out where I may be screwing up would be appreciated.

SD

Bump the shoulders back on the brass.

LR55

[StockDog]

Got it on the 400s. I have been loading them in 223 for a while now. I'll go another route.

I have 1k of 450s at home. Which other ones should I look for?

I did run all the cases through the hornady dies and they were all between the max and min on my case guage. As I deprime these I will make sure I bump the shoulders back to the minimum.

[StockDog]

Chilton Co but I travel all over the state for work.

[VASCAR2]

The magnum small rifle primers and CCI 41 primers have thicker cups than standard small rifle primers. Several here have used Remington Magnum and Wolf primers.

[StockDog]

Do the magnum primers offer a hotter ignition or change in powder burn or barrel timing.

[Kendoist4162]

Do the magnum primers offer a hotter ignition or change in powder burn or barrel timing.

Not necessarily. That's where the non standardization of the primer industry comes in (and market competition). Magnum primers tend to just have thicker cups to handle the higher pressures. Same amount of bang in the cup, just more substance to contain it and the powder pressures. Caveat- each maker is different though. If you've been using 400's in .223 I'm surprised you haven't gotten pierced primers.... YMMV. Just my 2 cents

[StockDog]

Not necessarily. That's where the non standardization of the primer industry comes in (and market competition). Magnum primers tend to just have thicker cups to handle the higher pressures. Same amount of bang in the cup, just more substance to contain it and the powder pressures. Caveat- each maker is different though. If you've been using 400's in .223 I'm surprised you haven't gotten pierced primers.... YYMV. Just my 2 cents

It's possible but I'm also running on a load that I settled on for accuracy with a little room for error. Generally, I try to not push the ragged edge of the cartridge.