My first attempt at reloading, and I chose the .50 AE
I've never reloaded, or really had much of an interest in it. But after talking with someone who reloads .50 AE on a real low budget, I decided to go ahead and give it a shot (no pun intended). Being...
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Chrono will fill in the blanks...Do a group of 5 and change depth, shoot another group same loading different depth. I agree with it being better to fit the chamber well. So to feel good about it do...
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I know when I load with the 300 gr. and 325 gr Speer bullets I seat them at 1.585, but when I load with the Rainier 335 gr bullets I seat them at 1.60, they fit the mag ok and so far they have all...
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TMair wrote:I know when I load with the 300 gr. and 325 gr Speer bullets I seat them at 1.585, .... When you seat the 300 gr Speers at 1.585, have you tried dropping them into the barrel to see if...
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Many who shoot Rifle (bolt) competition want the bullet to make contact with the lands and groves just slightly. They when removed and not shot will show the marks...DE is different and I would keep...
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Ok, so I went out this morning with the chrono and shot 10 rounds of the 300 gr Speer DeepCurls set to a COL of 1.565 and 30.5 grains of H110. All went bang, fed and cycled fine. The velocities were...
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I have only reloaded these cases twice now, but so far none are any longer than when new. If anything they are slightly shorter. I've done a lot of reading on case trimming for handgun rounds and the...
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Poppo... I think you are head and shoulders above others here with your look at things... I found this http://www.magnumresearch.com/search/ammunition.aspx The ammo is what I thought you might be...
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So far the best price I have found is here @ $26.59 a box if you order 10+ (and they are actually in stock)....
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On a side note, my .45 ACP bullets came in (230 gr FMJ). I set up the dies which was a little trickier with the Lee set than the Hornady (I like the Hornady lock rings better) and loaded 8 rounds with...
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Ok so just to be sure I took the barrel off of the gun, dropped the bullets into it hard enough that you could hear them "thunk" into the barrel, they dropped right out just like they are supposed...
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poppo wrote:Took them out with the chrono. Got a velocity range of 756 - 768 with a std deviation of 4! Dang, I really did not expect the first batch to be so consistent. Wish I could get that with...
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TMair wrote:Ok so just to be sure I took the barrel off of the gun, dropped the bullets into it hard enough that you could hear them "thunk" into the barrel, they dropped right out just like they are...
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Ok, so I went out this morning with the chrono and shot 10 rounds of the 300 gr Speer DeepCurls set to a COL of 1.565 and 30.5 grains of H110. All went bang, fed and cycled fine. The velocities were...
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I don't think the 44 fps spread for that particular batch is that bad considering the overall velocity. At least it's not enough of a spread that I'm going to worry about it. At this point I am just...
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I think it is very good (velocity of combo) and commented the same about it, earlier...You seemed to be wanting more like 45 why I mentioned brass change.. Trickle is nice I have one also and I think...
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Just to update this thread, I've now reloaded and shot 120 rounds of the .50 AE. Fifty were the Hornady bullets and the rest were the Spears. I settled on the 30.5 grains of H110 for both. Zero...
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poppo wrote:Just to update this thread, I've now reloaded and shot 120 rounds of the .50 AE. Fifty were the Hornady bullets and the rest were the Spears. I settled on the 30.5 grains of H110 for both....
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GAB, I'm not one who obsesses about pushing the limits (with any caliber). Most of my shotting is just plinking at my home range. If anything, I prefer to keep things at the low end of the spectrum so...
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Poppo, great work on the loading dude. I have completely settled into a happy medium as for loading, so I am not into the testing mode any more. But I believe I found the problem with barrel bulge. I...
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