Disclaimer: I don't shoot the 500. Salt is indicated.
4227 is a good powder for the 1.6" supermags.
It is in between 110 and the slower N-120 and 1680 which are all used with success.
Hornady lists 33 grains as max with their 500 gr XTP.
Given its higher friction the pressure should be in the same ballpark.
If you were to give me the actual dimensions of the bullet, seating depth and cartridge OAL
I can do a more accurate simulation in QuickLOAD.
Raising the weight to 565 and lowering the load to 30 gr lowers the pressure by 9 KPSI so I think you are in good shape.
There are some loads at Handloads.com with heavy cast bullets and slightly faster powder that would
infer you are OK too
Normally I would load 10 rounds each at the starting load and 10 more going up a grain or 1.5 till you get signs of unhappiness
or your wrist gives out.
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Nemo
Last edited by Nemo288; 03-07-2014 at 10:52 PM.
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