Well I tried all of my loads and it was an experience. The range I went to went to only 75 yards but from what I learned there I made up a smaller range of final test loads to see which round is going to be cranked out of my little lee.
The 69 grain bullets did not do badly at all. On a few targets two impacts would touch, one double impact was one ragged hole, with the other rounds not far away. I do believe however it was me and my bench technique as I didnt have a nice platform to be firing from.
Overall I liked the 55gr softpoints the best, those groups were in essence MONEYSHOTS!!!! and for what I paid per 500 of them, $47.99 that is truly awesome plinking ammo.
Anyhow the charges I went with are as follows;
55gr softpoint flat base - AA2230 23.7gr and 24.2gr with a slight favor of the 24.2 because it should go a little faster and the group was nicer, although my technique sucked so that is why I'm having a face off with these two charges.
69gr OTM BT - AA2230 21gr and 21.5gr I am not sure which of these I favor yet because both had some two impacts touching or being 1 ragged hole.
Overall all of my test rounds for that day had no pressure signs. I used brass that I had sized AFTER I readjusted my resizing die so I believe all previous loads used had the shoulder bumped back more than nessecary causing the primers to flatten and back out.
Well I'm looking forward to heading to the range next sunday to see what happens.