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To end it all, Ruger refuses to tell me what happened. I then told them to send it to a lab that does critical fail analysis for the company I work for to see if they could come up with a cause. At that tlme, Ruger agreed to a replacement cost of $200.00. Received the new rifle but have yet to shot ...

I stand corrected. Hogdons Max load is thirty.nine

Don't think so. But a good thought. Its my gut feeling that possibly just possibly the chemistry on the powder could be off. Just my thought.

Yes I do with all my rifle rounds I load including my. 270 .300 .264 creedmore 22/250 .308 etc. Then obviously check each and every round after inserting the bullet in to the brass. Hodgdon reloading data says to start with 29 gr to a Max of 31.8. I filled a new brass and weighed the powder which ca...

Thanks for you response. I did just that. I had 7 reloaded left. I pulled 6 of those and they also where at 29.3, using both my 5-10 and my digital RCBS scales and I only trickle my loads and only ever have one powder open on my bench.. The reloaded where taken directly from my reloading room in my ...

My name is Jim Keener from Dover Ohio. Recently I had a M77. 204 blow up in my hands. Here is what happened. I had shot 14 Hornaday 32gr Vmax just to get the scope close. At that point it was time for reloads as follows. I used new Remington brass which I lubed and sized using RCBS full length dies ...

Thanks Bill. Sounds like a logical start

I recently purchased a ruger hawkeye .204. in order to get the scope close, I bought a box of hornaday 32 grain v-max. to my surprise these bullets are on the money. I like to tailor my on loads but found on the Internet that hornday is using a proprietary powder. Does anyone know if Hornaday will b...