Originally Posted by
darkker
Few things to remember with it...
It is simply one more tool, but it is only that. Unless you never actually took the time to measure your H2O capacity, "tweeking" that number is bad juju. Burning rates get changed by case volume (obviously), and the fact that you need to adjust it to match your results, means something is off.
In particular Hartmut struggles to accurately describe any of General Dynamics ball powders. They won't tell him shyte, Hodgy doesn't tell anyone shyte; so he would have to bomb test everything. But there is only so much money/time for that, so it would appear he doesn't have the full view of nominal lot variation understood.
Another thing to be aware of, is changes in powder over time. Let's use WC 846 for example. That powder as originally surplussed gave us Bl-c(2) & H335. Who used to make it, has changed. The original patent date was from @ 1939, they split it into 844 in 1969, but only on "as built"; the recipe wasn't changed. So, everything changes over time, slight tweeks here and there to formulas MAY, or may NOT make a difference in the end. How often he totally re-tests powders is another.
Unless you are looking for an idea if a new powder would work, a Pressure Trace is a better tool.