Finished .308 rounds, good data. Starting on .223's with Varget at 24-26.5 to find a node on the 16".
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Finished .308 rounds, good data. Starting on .223's with Varget at 24-26.5 to find a node on the 16".
All this talk about 300 Blackout/Whisper made me realize my stash of 300 brass was getting low.
Churned out about 1,000 pcs. More this weekend if I feel like it.
Hoser do you have a 150gn fmjbt with accurate 1680 that you like?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
Vacuumed the floor. Haven't loaded a round in months. Need to get to that soon.
Got some 208gr AMAX loaded tonight with some 1680. Slowly building up my 300blk as well
Taking one of Kelly's classes in Nov so I'm going to reload some 223 rather than shoot all my factory "good" ammo
I need to get after this, have 500 208gr AMAX boolits and 100 220gr boolits and enough brass now to get started.Quote:
Originally Posted by kwando
Super or sub?Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapps74
Tore down the 1050 stripped, clean and lubed. well oiled machine.
Just supers and I'm all ears if your willing to share. Found some data that I think I like. AA1680 19.5-21.7 grains, OAL of 2.140 with 150 grain Sierra fmjbt. I have Hornady bullets but it should be close enough. I pressed one in a case last night that I didn't run the expanding ball thru. Case mouth measured .295 and the bullet went in fine and didn't split the case but not sure if .013 is too much neck tension or not.
Not much but reloading 100-200 rounds of .223 nightly.
Loading up some more 45acp. After sizing/priming a case, I ran the case into the charging die, and as I've gotten in the habit of, before seating the bullet I look into each case. I glanced into the case and noticed light shining thru the case. Sure enough the brass had a crack running down the side. I dumped the power back into the measure and deprimed the case. Sure enough about 10 rounds later I caught another cracked case, this time before priming it. Didn't hit any others for the rest of the night, but decided I should be extra careful and inspect all my reloaded rounds.
Found this in a box I loaded last week:
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...pskpzvivim.jpg
(the cracked case doesn't look this cracked to the naked eye. The camera flash enhanced it, and I over-sharpened the pic some.)
Went thru the other 500 or so reloaded 45acp rounds, and didn't find any others. Looks like I need to start doing a better inspection after getting brass out of the tumbler.
Any guesses on what the results would have been had I fired this round? I did a plunk test with it, and it did indeed chamber.
All 3 cases with cracks were different brands. One S&B, one "R P", and one speer.
Might have been a squib, might have made it out. Certainly wouldn't have cycled the gun.
You should be proud... takes a while to do that to a 45 case.
Depends if it's his, or from a range brass pick up. I stopped buying range pick up some time ago, after weeding out 30-40% failed or soon to fail cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
Loaded up a bit of 6mmAR (6 Grendel) ammo last night so I could do some accuracy testing after todays IDPA Match. This is the 22 inch upper that AKA-Spook built for me about a year ago.
There is no decent data out there for the 6mm AR with Varget and 105gn bullets. I am using pointed Berger 105 Hybrids.
Seeing as how Varget and RL-15 are about the same burn rate wise, I decided to throw caution to the winds and risk it.
I started out with 26.5 gns and went up to 27.9 gns. Being uncharted territory, I went up in 0.3 gn increments after I hit 27 gns.
The 27.6 and 27.9 ammo grouped well (half MOA-ish for five shots at 100) with no pressure.
I am going to load up some single rounds with .3 gns more just to find out when I start hitting pressure and maybe put them over a chrono.
My old load was 26.5 gns of Vhit N540 but that powder burns pretty hot and hard on barrels. I hope Varget will have decent velocity as it seems the accuracy is there already.
21.0 gns worked for me. With a short barrel they were running just under 2,000. That was with 147 surplus pulldowns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapps74
.013 neck tension is a lot. But if it works, it works. You are just working the neck more than you need to. You might split a neck or two after a few reloads.
Working through some 200gr lead HP 45 acp, with 5gr Unique.
Thanks HoserQuote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
When you guys are describing neck tension, are describing how tight (force) the tension is, or are you describing some other measurement?
Cleaned up and vacuumed the floor again. Tumbled some brass...
The difference between what the bullet measures and what the neck of the case measures. Example, the neck on my 300BLK measures .295 and the bullet measures .308 hence the .013 "neck tension"Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I loaded 450 rounds of precision .223 for the Team Safari on a single stage press, weighing every charge with the Chargemaster. Barf.
Just finished 1K of 9mm...trying to decide if I want to do .223, .300BO or 6.5PCC next.
Well crap. Latest test of 147gn 9mm poi is 3"-4" low at 25' poa. Not wanting to change out another front sight, so I guess I'll try to locate some 124gn bullets to increase the velocity for a flatter trajectory near a similar charge with TG. Really wish you could purchase 20 bullets instead of 100+.
That sounds like no fun at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
The bolt guy has it easy. I only loaded 220rds of 6.5x47 for the Team Safari.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
Look forward to shooting it with you Tim. Find targets, range targets, shoot targets.... no big deal right?!
It'll be easy. We'll win for sure.
You MIGHT be going the wrong direction. .357 mag loads shoot lower that .38 loads in the same gun for me. I surmise this is because the bullet is out of the barrel before it rises as far. At 25 yards, I don't think bullet drop is the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by KS63
I'd agree with you.. Bullet weight might be part of the problem, not all of it. Curious to know load data for the 147's. Without going to the shop iirc 147 gets 3.3 of TG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
Rarely post here, seems like I'm always doing something in there. Cleaning brass, trimming brass, casting bullets, powder-coating bullets, stuffing cases, boxing, stacking, etc. Wife says reloading is all I do. Hey, that damn Oreck is hers.....
Wife says she's a "Reloading room widow".
3.3gr TG with a COAL of 1.140" if I remember correctly. I have some Nosler Cust. Comp. bullets in 115gr. but I have to push those more harder than the heavier projectiles. I'm trying for a load that gets Minor PF in a 4" barrel 2011. Trying to find that sweet spot. I think the Reloading Zone sold bullets in smaller quantities. I'll give them a call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
What bullet weigh, profile and brand are you looking for? I might have some i can send your way.Quote:
Originally Posted by KS63
^^^Currently using Berry's 147gr plated RN. It's all I could find locally in that weight. Zero and Extreme brands are hard to find locally. Profile doesn't really matter as long as it feeds, which it should.
Dads carries extreme.... Usually.
Dad's on Washington?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamnanc
I believe so. I've bought them from him twice. At least the bullets I bought were packaged in extreme boxes. Reloaders corner would probably have small quantities as well, if you can tolerate the owner.
I'll have to look up Reloaders Corner. Dads is 10min away from my work.
Now THAT is a grumpy old bastard, right there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamnanc
sent from nowhere
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by KS63
sent from nowhere
Bought extremes from dad's before. Not much less grumpy than the dude at the reloaders corner