01-26-2018, 03:19 PM
I got it. Mortar and Pestle! We can get this done if we think outside the ol' box. Just grind it down and cram more in! Nothing to worry about, right?
(Disclaimer: this is a try at humor, do not attempt... the previous statement made to ward off the eventual stupid.)
Really, though. The temp-stability of the Enduron line is really something you would think IMR would be pursuing whole hog. The line thus far seems more limited to the cases and calibers most likely to end up on a competition line somewhere rather than out in the woods or on a pasture floor...
The temperature stability aspect is especially nice considering that pre-season load workup is difficult to do in places like where I live in KS, where it's as likely as not to swing 60+ degrees weekend to weekend. Thus far, we've just had to find a "good enough" load and if possible, practice at range in different temps to ensure knowledge of performance in the field. Being able to work up a load in the latter end of august, (likely 100+) and be able to count on that same zero in the end of september (50-90?) let alone in the end of November (70-0) through mid January (70-0); for the available rifle seasons is very nice indeed. There is a big difference in the measured impact at 200 among the factory ELD I have looked at. More than an inch, unless it's me. Which it could be. But the point is made none the less...
I'd guess that there's just not that many folks that lose sleep over that kind of trajectory change - especially for hunting where terminal performance is statistically way below 300 yards anyway.
Really though, I wonder how hard it would be for IMR to make a finer granulated version, give it a new number, and add it to the line? From the looks of it, there wouldn't have to be a very drastic change to the physical structure of the granules in order to fill the case more properly.
(Disclaimer: this is a try at humor, do not attempt... the previous statement made to ward off the eventual stupid.)
Really, though. The temp-stability of the Enduron line is really something you would think IMR would be pursuing whole hog. The line thus far seems more limited to the cases and calibers most likely to end up on a competition line somewhere rather than out in the woods or on a pasture floor...
The temperature stability aspect is especially nice considering that pre-season load workup is difficult to do in places like where I live in KS, where it's as likely as not to swing 60+ degrees weekend to weekend. Thus far, we've just had to find a "good enough" load and if possible, practice at range in different temps to ensure knowledge of performance in the field. Being able to work up a load in the latter end of august, (likely 100+) and be able to count on that same zero in the end of september (50-90?) let alone in the end of November (70-0) through mid January (70-0); for the available rifle seasons is very nice indeed. There is a big difference in the measured impact at 200 among the factory ELD I have looked at. More than an inch, unless it's me. Which it could be. But the point is made none the less...
I'd guess that there's just not that many folks that lose sleep over that kind of trajectory change - especially for hunting where terminal performance is statistically way below 300 yards anyway.
Really though, I wonder how hard it would be for IMR to make a finer granulated version, give it a new number, and add it to the line? From the looks of it, there wouldn't have to be a very drastic change to the physical structure of the granules in order to fill the case more properly.