Tools for load development in a 414 supermag

[Elric]

Folks, as much as I love being smartly slapped around, this 210gr bullet at 2000fps in a 16" light carbine is a bit much for a fun gun.

Yet where is load data for other than screaming 8" Dan Wesson silhouette or 290 grain elk loads?

What powders will provide a slower velocity and be useable with a 240-260 gr lead bullet? I only found three loads listed for the 401 WSL, which is a close progenitor of the 414.

Would Quick Loads provide sane loads for the 414 Supermag? Straight wall case. 210-260 gr lead. Anywhere from @1000fps to 1600fps.

Other instrumentation may show up, I am addicted to "Tool Porn". MSC catalogs need a full length fold out.

Suggestions for a non-druggie hypodermic to determine H2O capacity?

 

[fiver]

eye dropper if they still make them.
anyway the old stand by of 9-10grs of unique will get you slowed down.

or do like I did in the 357 maximum and go the other direction to a 'too slow for the round' powder speed.
AA-2230 in the 357 max under a 250gr rifle boolit is quite different and still effective.
just going one or two powders past the warp drive AA-1680 speed will drop the pressure and the velocity and still give you a case full of powder.

 

[358156 hp]

How about 41 mag loads using medium pistol powders that don't require compression or aren't overly position sensitive?

fivers Unique suggestion is a great idea. I'd stay clear of the hot ball powders, or rifle powders. Position sensitive powders like Bullseye should probably be passed over as well.

 

[Ian]

If you have QL just card off the water flush with the mouth and it calculates the usable volume based on the case and bullet data you feed it.