LiveLife
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Yes.1.139 to 1.143.
Is this good enough for me to powder up and crank em out?
If you like, you can test bullet setback as Quality Control check.
Yes.1.139 to 1.143.
Is this good enough for me to powder up and crank em out?
Thank you, LiveLife. And as it happens, the dummies in that range turned my beloveds Taurus G3c into a jam-o-matic. All very close to 1.140. We were doing a magazine test since we just got it back from Taurus for a magazine issue. Almost every round stuck in the chamber. Had to pop the mag and really rack on the slide to get it to move and pop it out. What have I done wrong now? Wrong OAL?
Captain Quack.
OK, I guess “if it plunks, it’ll work” doesn’t count if you go shorter than SAAMI specs.Not quite.
9mm is a tapered case and 115 gr FMJ/RN, which has shorter bullet base than other 9mm bullet weights, if loaded shorter than 1.100", will start to lose neck tension to where bullet will simply fall into the case.
While I typically load 115 gr FMJ/RN to 1.130"-1.135", when I am pursuing accuracy, I increase neck tension by seating 115 gr FMJ/RN deeper but no shorter than 1.110" to give me a bit of buffer as my OAL spread is around .003" to .005" using mixed range brass - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...x-pack-pro-pro-6000-kit.913577/#post-12564288
Atlanta Arms who supplies US Army AMU/Marine teams and supplied Team Glock used to load Elite Match AMU 115 gr FMJ/RN (Their most accurate 9mm match load) to 1.130"-1.135" but in recent years shortened the OAL to 1.110" +/- .005" - https://atlantaarms.com/products/elite-9mm-115gr-fmj-match-amu.html
I verify accuracy of my calipers with ZZ pin gages and Brown & Sharpe micrometer - https://www.travers.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=.355 pinI'm also going to test my micrometer tested to make sure it's accurate.
JawsWorking on the rounds for the Taurus 9 mm. Bought myself a new digital caliper meter. Thousands didn't always quite match up with the old one, so I am assuming the new one is correct. Stupid question. Which part should I use to do the measuring? Inside, middle or outside the "fangs". (Because I can't think of the right word this morning.)
Here's a tip to measure more consistently ... Use pin gages to verify accuracy of calipers, like using check weights to verify scales as "best practices".Bought myself a new digital caliper meter. Thousands didn't always quite match up with the old one, so I am assuming the new one is correct.
Stupid question. Which part should I use to do the measuring? Inside, middle or outside the "fangs"
Don’t do what I did and decide to go full-on minimalist. I ditched the bench and reloading room completely and now just store my stock and equipment, and have a adopted a fully-portable set of reloading solutions. I can reload anywhere - in fact, I HAVE to reload somewhere because there’s no other place to do it.I'm rapidly running out of room on my bench, lol. But these things are too important to not have. Thank's guys.
I need to take some new pictures of the stools.This used to be my computer workbench. Maybe I need to get rid of all those 12 Bluetooth earpieces and 8,000,000 6 foot cat 5 cables and the first generation USB wifi dongles and all 17 mice all the way back to 9 pin. Maybe I can find someone who wants a antique collection of computer parts. That would free up half my shelving. I would love to hear about your portable reloading solution! We do have a shooting "shed" at the range, and it would be nice to haul what I need out there and set it up and just roll changes right there instead of rolling 50, half hour to the range each way, rolling another 50 with the corrections. You know how it works.
This used to be my computer workbench. Maybe I need to get rid of all those 12 Bluetooth earpieces and 8,000,000 6 foot cat 5 cables and the first generation USB wifi dongles and all 17 mice all the way back to 9 pin. Maybe I can find someone who wants a antique collection of computer parts. That would free up half my shelving. I would love to hear about your portable reloading solution! We do have a shooting "shed" at the range, and it would be nice to haul what I need out there and set it up and just roll changes right there instead of rolling 50, half hour to the range each way, rolling another 50 with the corrections. You know how it works.