Recent content by Grump

Pretty sure that the link over to Cast Boolits mentions the toxic metal that is NOW part and parcel of all modern automobile batteries. Think it's maybe cadmium. BEFORE that design/alloy/chemistry change, yes, lead-acid batteries were a viable source of lead for the more...intrepid or...

Tried Unique and Herco both...can't remember which one worked better, but I didn't like how the primers looked at about 1,275 fps or so with at least one of them, and extraction was no longer easy. I suspect Unique, Herco, and 2400 all work better with bullets heavier than 125-gr.

Umm, no, that's matching the velocity of my 296 load. Surprised to hear the reports of flash with this powder. I can't be as bad as Power Pistol and other similar propellants... BTW, my target velocity is well below the "published" max velocities. Like the Alliant data supposedly for a 7-inch...

This. Yes, I stuck a case with One Shot. Was NOT diligent in shaking the can. Was NOT diligent in rolling the cases over and making sure the lube was all around. Did NOT pay attention to NOTICE that I had sprayed propellant on with very little to no actual product deposited...you can tell...

In my search for an alternative to Win 296 and stocking SP Magnum primers, I think I have found it with AutoComp. Power Pistol gave me the speeds years ago but I also wanted to reduce the light show... The thing is, it takes a lot more powder to reach the published speed than the website...

Go over to the Brian Enos forums and you'll see that some people are shooting large quantities of HAP bullets, some of them at insane velocities. No one local has ever stocked them to my knowledge. Guess mail order is the way to go...hate to pay shipping though.

Or on any other online sale site? I don't go to any of them very often, but when doing searches for something specific, there is always, always almost no completed or sold listings. Seems they are all like what gun shows have become--places to show off what you'd *like* to get for the gun...

A change of components warrants backing up and starting at the standard 10% less than max charge. Based on the info in this thread, that would be 5.1 gr. So it would be smart to load 5 or 10 at 5.1 just to make sure. If you get fantastic velocities out of range for a 124-gr 9mm from your...

I've seen Hornady's ads saying the only difference between XTP and HAP bullets is the notching at the hollow point and maybe something else. I haven't yet seen a HAP but suspect that if there is a flat exposed lead nose, then the profile would be different to make up for the extra lead in the HP...

Okay, I'll Look at "Averages" Caving in today... QuickLOAD with the averages/defaults and a seating depth of 1.60 predicts the 22.5 gr H110 load at more than 8,000 PSI over SAAMI spec. Putting OAL at 1.734 as is reported as Pearce's length, the predicted pressure drops all the way down to...

I'm sure the default values in QL are averages derived from some data set. But I keep my grins & giggles from using that stuff to myself. Would hate to have someone whose gun/case/chamber/bore diameter combo was NOT average run into trouble by acting as if their stuff was average.

I would, but it's kind of meaningless IMO if one is not starting with actual case capacity and actual case length. QL confirmed for me some suspicions that a long-used max load of W-W 231 was bumping up beyond spec pressures when I seated some a bit shorter (.06 I think) for use in a certain...

Available powder burn cavity or whatever that's called makes a huge difference. Often referred to as a "looser" chambers than those used by the reload manual publishers, it's a LOT more, starting with the actual case construction and often being MOST affected by seating depth. That's how the...

The Hodgdon data on-line is where I *start*. I like more in-depth study. Getting a reasonably accurate powder profile is essential to MY loading, like when I use a *different* bullet than in the published data. I also use different seating depths most of the time (for example, some pocket...

Duvel: Yes, that is a bit of help. Sort of a reality check. WAP continues to be another close match--will tweak it a bit when I get back into it and then compare with the next chrono run.