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Originally Posted by rwsmith
15 gr of 2400 under a 158 SWC is pretty near a top load. Most people would run about 12.5 gr or thereabouts for a not-so-magnum load. The mod 19 wasn't made to take a steady diet of max loads..
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DO NOT Exceed 13.5 grains (verify this with latest Lyman data)
13.5 is listed in Lyman Reloading 46th Edition 1982.
Even the 13.5 max. load sounds high .
My new Lyman Manual is at home and I will double check and verify the max. charge listed as soon as I get back home.
#358429 is a 169-170 grain cast bullet not a 158 , use Lyman data for this bullet not generic 158 gr. data
12.5 grs. as rwsmith suggest would be a much saner goal to "shoot for" . Start low and work up to it.
Gary
Update : 2012 Lyman Manual still gives 13.5 as a maximum load.
I would go with 12.5 grs. myself .
Gary