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My First Reloads
I finally reloaded (on my own) my first ammo! I say on my own because truly the first reloads I did were when Karl was teaching me. But today I reloaded my first rounds on my own equipment. Insert a...
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My first .38 Special reloads
I don’t have scads of .38 Special ammo, but I do have a fair lot of .38 Special brass. In my push to get myself into reloading, I’m trying to avoid buying factory ammo and instead putting that money...
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Range Report – Reload Results
Went to the local indoor range this morning, because I had collected enough “stuff to do” and work was a bit quiet this morning — perfect to slip away for a little bit and get some stuff done. First, I...
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Working up my .223 loads
Now that I’ve some time, I’m working up my .223 Remington loads, with the goal being finding a good hunting load. This will be shot out of a Bushmaster Super Light Carbine. 5.56 chambering, 16″...
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Chronograph results – .38 Special and .223 Remington hunting load
Went to the rifle club this morning with foo.c and his chronograph. Read his write-up. Might as well dig into the results. Weather was good. Ranged some sunny to a brief spat of rain sprinkles....
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.38 Special load recipe – for plinking, using Berry’s bullets and TiteGroup...
Now that I’ve settled upon a .38 Special load, I thought it’d be good to give it its own entry for ease of finding it. First attempt here. Results here. Chrono results and last word here. This is a...
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Primer investigation – Part 1
Sometimes the day doesn’t give you what you want, but does give you what you need. I wanted to spend the day in the garage reloading. Instead, I spent a good portion of the day 1. cleaning the house,...
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Primer investigation – Part 4, Hopefully the end.
Links to part 1, part 2, and part 3. I wanted to try one more thing in the “backing out primers” investigation: going back to the Barnes bullets. I went with the Winchester 55 grain FMJ BT’s in the...
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My .223 Remington hunting loads – the ladder test
Now that the primer investigation is put to rest, I can get back to working up my .223 loads so I can hunt with .223 Remington and a lightweight AR. I opted to try using the Ladder Test for this next...
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.38 Special load recipe – for plinking, using Berry’s bullets and Titegroup...
So I have my original .38 Special plinking load. I realized after loading a bunch that the powder drop was actually dropping 3.7 grains of Titegroup. I’m on the really low end of things so I didn’t...
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9mm load recipe – plinking/target load – Berry’s bullets, Titegroup powder
Those 9mm reloads I did? I tried them out today. Bullet: Berry’s plated 9mm 115 grain RN DS Primer: Remington 1.5 Small Pistol Cases: Whatever used 9mm cases I have COAL: 1.135″ Powder: Titegroup 4.5...
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9mm load recipe – plinking/target load – performance data
So I have my basic 9mm load recipe for a plinking/target load. Briefly: Berrys 9mm 115 grain plated RN DS bullet, Remington 1.5 small pistol primer, mixed used brass cases, COAL 1.135″, 4.5 grains...
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Fellow reloaders – your help is requested
If you reload/handload your own ammunition, could you do me a favor and reply/comment on this for me? If you keep logs of your loads, what data do you record and how do you record it, especially over...
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Chronograph results & stats – 9mm plinking load, primer modifications
I went to the range. I was able to chronograph those primer modifications I made to my basic 9mm plinking load recipe. I had previously collected some performance data on that load, and that somewhat...
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Winchester ballistic coefficients
When I bought all that reloading equipment off Dock, I got a bunch of components as well: lots of Winchester FMJ bullets. The trouble is, I have been having a dog of a time trying to find information...
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