What did you do in the reloading room today?

[brutal]

Last night - loaded 50 .308 M80 pulls over 43 grains of IMR4895 just to try my first .308 plinking loads.

Primed another 50 cases. Had some setup issues with the lee safety primer and kept popping primers out of the holder. I may have to upgrade to a Dillon progressive quicker than I thought.

Tonight I will prime 150 .308 cases and maybe work up a 168gr SMK load. Or maybe I will load up the .223 ladder I planned.

[Zombie Steve]

Last night - loaded 50 .308 M80 pulls over 43 grains of IMR4895 just to try my first .308 plinking loads.

I gotta ask... if these are your first loads, how did you decide to just jump in at 43 grains and why would you load 50 of them?

[brutal]

I gotta ask... if these are your first loads, how did you decide to just jump in at 43 grains and why would you load 50 of them?

first .308 loads.

43gr? Why not?

Research, and because that's what I could efficiently throw with the gear I have.

Why 50? I'm confident in my process and I want to get rid of the pulls as they're an inconsistent lot and I've got to fiddle around to get consistent COAL. Fills up a box nicely too.

The loads I work up a ladder for are 15 per. Three five shot groups