Post by sew on Nov 9, 2022 8:56:14 GMT -5
I started with this program years ago when it was on a disc. Used it for 223, 243, 270 and 300 Win Mag. It was incredible and made finding the nodes easy. By putting in the actual, once fired case capacities (often 5-10% greater than published/used in loading manuals) , I came up with much hotter and more accurate loads than what was in any of my loading manuals.
With smokeless MLers, I took and take a simpler approach than some of the more experienced users on this board and just massage the cartridge length and seating depth to get actual bullet travel length and adjust the case capacity to get 100% loading volume for the powder weight I want to try. Bullet friction of 0.4 (smooth sizing) and have left it there for full sizing but think I might need to remove this .
By using this program, a user can very closely obtain the pressure of any proposed load. The actual peak pressure , I suspect, is lower than calculated, but the duration of the fairly high pressure is longer, IMO. IOWs, the actual pressure calculated is higher (IMO) than actual but the velocity may actually be a little higher since the pressure is sustained a little longer.
For those with a 40 cal and wanting to experiment with powders and bullet weights, Quick Load is virtually invaluable.
With smokeless MLers, I took and take a simpler approach than some of the more experienced users on this board and just massage the cartridge length and seating depth to get actual bullet travel length and adjust the case capacity to get 100% loading volume for the powder weight I want to try. Bullet friction of 0.4 (smooth sizing) and have left it there for full sizing but think I might need to remove this .
By using this program, a user can very closely obtain the pressure of any proposed load. The actual peak pressure , I suspect, is lower than calculated, but the duration of the fairly high pressure is longer, IMO. IOWs, the actual pressure calculated is higher (IMO) than actual but the velocity may actually be a little higher since the pressure is sustained a little longer.
For those with a 40 cal and wanting to experiment with powders and bullet weights, Quick Load is virtually invaluable.
