If either the primer or secondary ignition ignited all granules before the bullet had moved significantly into the bore,QuickLOAD prediction bias should equal. Independent QuickLOAD results show no bias within the propellant descriptions, or with any other factor, that might explain this dramatic difference in predictive accuracy.

The following table compares these two numbers with various nominal loads. I chose these numbers because this pair shares an extremely similar propellant column shape. A comparison between the 308 Winchester and the 45-70 shows a similar result.

458 Winchester Magnum (500 H RN)            7mm Remington Magnum (175 H SP)
Propellant   Predict  Actual     Differ                 Propellant   Predict  Actual   Differ
Rl-7             2127     2050        -77                    IMR-4350    2692    2800     +108
IMR-4198   2237     2100       -137                    H4350         2702     2800       +98
IMR-3031   2301     2150       -151                    Rl-19           2767     2900     +133
IMR-4064   2278     2100       -178                    Rl-22           2739     2900     +161
IMR-4320   2314     2150       -164                    IMR-7828    2825    2900        +75
H4895        2282     2100       -182                     H1000         2671    2800       +129
W748         2426     2150        -276
Average Predictive Error    -166                    Average Predictive Error     +117

A comparison between the 308 Winchester and the 45-70 shows a similar result. Again, I chose these numbers because this pair shares a similar propellant column shape.

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