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Evan Sembida

Custom knife maker and bladesmith from Ohio; founder of Siembida Custom Knives

Jul 6, 2026

33:00
And you're, you're smart.
33:01
But Hodgdon, uh, had some load data for this bullet, and it was with H1000 powder.
33:07
And the, the max charge was supposed to give me about 2825 or so.
33:16
Max charge got me 2500 feet per second.
33:20
And I called Hodgdon and they said, "Nope, those numbers are right." Like, they, they, they wouldn't even talk about it.
33:25
They're like, "Nope, those numbers are right." And I said, "Well, do you know which one I'm talking about?" "If it's on the website, it's correct." And I said, "Well, I could see a disparity between, like, 20 or 30 feet per second, but 300 feet per second is not nothing." So I talked to a few.
33:39
I, I, I know several gun writers and, uh, the one I talked to who did a lot of work with this cartridge said, "Man, officially I'd... " You know, on, on the books I'd tell you to whatever the manual says, stick to it.

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59:53
Oh.

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