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Loads, Grains, and Bullets

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When speaking in terms of gun powder, the amount of powder, also expressed in grains, has a lot to do with the type of powder used.  There's a variety of modern smokeless powder types with various burn rates for various application types.When speaking in terms of gun powder, the amount of powder, also expressed in grains, has a lot to do with the type of powder used.  There's a variety of modern smokeless powder types with various burn rates for various application types. Faster burning powder achieves high velocities with less powder while with slower burning powder the charge, or powder load in grains, may be increased.  It is generally very dangerous to load a cartridge case to full capacity with any modern smokeless powder, especially the faster burning types.  
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