Hey all. So talking to another handloader, he stated that to save components, he just loaded 0.5gr under book Max. It started quite the discussion where his theory that "start low n work up" wasn't necessary, cuz he was going for "hunting" accuracy (what does that even mean) to 300yards, and not super tiny groups at super long range.
I contended it was physically dangerous to start near Max, but he countered with a pretty good argument that its a new gun, its still under Max, etc etc... It came to a stalemate, but he did run me out of rational argument. So, I'm looking for more argument ammo: if its NOTa about accuracy, but it IS about safety, is he in harm for just loading 0.5gr under Max and calling it good enough. Or, can someone give me rational reason that it is a safety issue, something besides "they all say so" or "its too much pressure to START with"
I contended it was physically dangerous to start near Max, but he countered with a pretty good argument that its a new gun, its still under Max, etc etc... It came to a stalemate, but he did run me out of rational argument. So, I'm looking for more argument ammo: if its NOTa about accuracy, but it IS about safety, is he in harm for just loading 0.5gr under Max and calling it good enough. Or, can someone give me rational reason that it is a safety issue, something besides "they all say so" or "its too much pressure to START with"
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