vaalpens
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Over the last few months me and the wife have relocated and bought a house. Needless to say, with all the planning, work, work around the house, and COVID-19, not much time was left for reloading and testing my reloads.
Last week i finally made time to test some of my loads I created in November 2019. They have been sitting for a few months.
So on Friday I went out to the Umatilla National Forest and tested my loads. Things did not go very smoothly since I was out of practice. I left my chrono at home, left my rest at home, and my chair lost a nut. With all this I decided to push ahead and test my loads, even without the chrono.
Following are my results without velocities:
I did not see the accuracy I was expecting with W244 and this bullet, but it could be due to my lack of shooting lately. Some of the loads showed some promise, but I think i will need to retest these loads and decided based on chrono numbers and grouping if one of these combinations will work for me.
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.2gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.48"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.3gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.32"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.4gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.16"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.5gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.35"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.6gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.15"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.7gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.64"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.8gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.55"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.9gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.56"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
These .40 pulled bullets sometimes surprises me and I see a very good grouping. This time is was no different with the excellent .53 grouping. W244 is definitely one of my go-to powders now since it works well in most of my cartridges.
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.5gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.24"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.6gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 0.53"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.7gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.89"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.8gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.61"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
Last week i finally made time to test some of my loads I created in November 2019. They have been sitting for a few months.
So on Friday I went out to the Umatilla National Forest and tested my loads. Things did not go very smoothly since I was out of practice. I left my chrono at home, left my rest at home, and my chair lost a nut. With all this I decided to push ahead and test my loads, even without the chrono.
Following are my results without velocities:
I did not see the accuracy I was expecting with W244 and this bullet, but it could be due to my lack of shooting lately. Some of the loads showed some promise, but I think i will need to retest these loads and decided based on chrono numbers and grouping if one of these combinations will work for me.
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.2gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.48"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.3gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.32"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.4gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.16"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.5gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.35"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.6gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.15"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.7gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.64"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.8gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.55"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
357sig, P229, 3.9"
Case: Speer
COL: 1.140"
RMR, 147gr, TCFPMW, W244, 5.9gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.56"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
These .40 pulled bullets sometimes surprises me and I see a very good grouping. This time is was no different with the excellent .53 grouping. W244 is definitely one of my go-to powders now since it works well in most of my cartridges.
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.5gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.24"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.6gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 0.53"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.7gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.89"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
40SW, P229, 3.9"
Case: RP
COL: 1.125"
RMRPulled, 180gr, FMJRNFP, W244, 4.8gr, CCI500
Grouping @ 15yd: 1.61"
Test Date: 08/07/2020
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