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What's your rule of thumb for changing COAL?
Yeah, this I understand. I’ve been reloading for years (though I genuinely appreciate the concern). I think I didn’t describe my question very well. See my responses to Brockel above.- Dougfirtree
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- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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What's your rule of thumb for changing COAL?
Or to say it more concisely, work up to pressure signs from where? And how did you determine that starting charge?- Dougfirtree
- Post #9
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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What's your rule of thumb for changing COAL?
Yeah, this is what I’d like to learn more about and get more comfortable with. And it’s more or less what I do, but it still helps to have confidence in where the window of safe powder charges is for the COAL you are using. Which is going to be different from the range in the published data...- Dougfirtree
- Post #8
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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What's your rule of thumb for changing COAL?
Understood. But my question is, 'how do you determine what max is if you're changing the COAL from the data (since COAL affects pressure)?'- Dougfirtree
- Post #3
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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What's your rule of thumb for changing COAL?
When you're working with load data that has a different COAL than you'd like to use, what's your rule of thumb for adjusting where you start with powder charges (or where max is apt to be)? In other words, if the load data is based on a 2.73" COAL and you'd like to use 2.8", how do you alter...- Dougfirtree
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- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Lesser known tunes
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- Post #30
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Water Purification
I carry them in my pack and use them occaisionally. They will also work in cold weather, which is risky for most other devices. On my cold weather tent trip this Fall, we used a chlorine-based drop system and it was great. No worries about the filter freezing and very little taste.- Dougfirtree
- Post #20
- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Sunday Pic of the Day
Venison tacos birrias. Lots of work. Very good!- Dougfirtree
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What are you guys paying for gas?
Could be. It changes all the time for a lot of reasons and the sticker would be as stupid now as it was then..- Dougfirtree
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What are you guys paying for gas?
3.60 here. I'm waiting for someone to start posting the updated "I did that" stickers...- Dougfirtree
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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2025 gear game changer- wows!
What kind did you get for camping? Battery powered? If so, I'm curious about battery life in colder weather. Feel free to PM me.- Dougfirtree
- Post #97
- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Sunday Pic of the Day
50 shades of winter today, out on the ice.- Dougfirtree
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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2026 Winter Olympics
I almost hate to see a winner and a loser in a match like that. Incredible game! Both teams were so f#$%ing good.- Dougfirtree
- Post #320
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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2026 Winter Olympics
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- Post #311
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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2026 Winter Olympics
Wow. Canada looks so strong! Amazing game, but th U.S. goalie is a Jedi...- Dougfirtree
- Post #308
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
