kalielkslayer
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So I’m pretty new to progressive reloading.
in the last 2 weeks I’ve loaded close to 1,000 rounds of 9mm, all plated or FMJ.
this is plinking (training) ammo. It’s 5.8 grains HS6, either round nose fmj, or Berry’s flat tip.
functions well in mine and my wife’s Glocks, and both of the sons Springfields. Cycles well, ejects well, the only problem I’ve had is with one of my sons guns, it won’t lock the bolt back on the last round. I told him he needs to clean his gun?
so tomorrow I’m gonna start loading hollow points. I will take the load up near max, chronograph it, and do an accuracy test with my gun. Tweek it from there.
more than anything, I want reliability.
My questions are, what would you do at this point to ensure functionality?
The previously loaded rounds are for training. I want each of them to shoot a minimum of 100 rounds a week to become proficient.
the other loads are SD loads, which I’m starting tomorrow.
but I want them to shoot a magazine or 2 of the them monthly to get used to the difference.
Where am i going wrong, and where am I right on?
PS: I love HS6 because I can’t double load it. And I’ll be able to load 1,500 SD rounds with the HS6 I have left. Then it’ll be; TG, Zip, Win231 cause that’s what I got.
I have concerns with the powder that doesn’t fill the case as much as HS6.
I’m decapping my brass after tumbling, resizing/decapping, then tumbling to clean the primer pockets. It seems to make the primer pockets more consistent.
And I’m using range brass. But 25-30% of the brass is Win. I decided to separate that for my SD loads. I picked Win because it was the largest percentage, and I can see the head stamp the best.
please, tear holes in my process. I’ve always thrived from negative input.
in the last 2 weeks I’ve loaded close to 1,000 rounds of 9mm, all plated or FMJ.
this is plinking (training) ammo. It’s 5.8 grains HS6, either round nose fmj, or Berry’s flat tip.
functions well in mine and my wife’s Glocks, and both of the sons Springfields. Cycles well, ejects well, the only problem I’ve had is with one of my sons guns, it won’t lock the bolt back on the last round. I told him he needs to clean his gun?
so tomorrow I’m gonna start loading hollow points. I will take the load up near max, chronograph it, and do an accuracy test with my gun. Tweek it from there.
more than anything, I want reliability.
My questions are, what would you do at this point to ensure functionality?
The previously loaded rounds are for training. I want each of them to shoot a minimum of 100 rounds a week to become proficient.
the other loads are SD loads, which I’m starting tomorrow.
but I want them to shoot a magazine or 2 of the them monthly to get used to the difference.
Where am i going wrong, and where am I right on?
PS: I love HS6 because I can’t double load it. And I’ll be able to load 1,500 SD rounds with the HS6 I have left. Then it’ll be; TG, Zip, Win231 cause that’s what I got.
I have concerns with the powder that doesn’t fill the case as much as HS6.
I’m decapping my brass after tumbling, resizing/decapping, then tumbling to clean the primer pockets. It seems to make the primer pockets more consistent.
And I’m using range brass. But 25-30% of the brass is Win. I decided to separate that for my SD loads. I picked Win because it was the largest percentage, and I can see the head stamp the best.
please, tear holes in my process. I’ve always thrived from negative input.