Giving up on MBC "SoftBall!" 230gr LRN

[LiveLife]

Some barrels have leads that are just too tight. A buddy of mine has a custom 1911 that has to have the flat on lead semi-wadcutters seated flush with the casemouth. If they're sticking out at all, they hit the lands and you have to push the slide forward slightly to get it into battery.

That's almost the case with my Sig 1911 barrel. There's almost no leade to start of rifling.

Lone Wolf barrel on the left showing "average" leade length (white arrow/bracket) and Sig 1911 barrel on the right showing almost no leade and quick start of rifling.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

Have you tried a slower powder yet?

Yesterday I loaded 1002 rounds of MBC 230 LRN's with 5.5 grns of Unique. It has done well by me so far. I shot the first 1000 about a week back and had no leading to speak of.

 

[LiveLife]

I tried Universal, HS-6 and WSF and really liked the W231/HP-38 loads better.

With that said, I did like some preliminary Unique loads I tried last year in 9mm/40S&W with "cleaner burning dirt". This summer, I am planning to give Unique another shot and will include 45ACP.