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Dudedog
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Powder or lack there of
Looks like I am going to try a different powder as I am down to 1lb of Universal. Liked the Universal it worked for .45 .38, light .357 9mm and 9mm Mak. It looks like what I can get right now and hopefully tomorrow is IMR 4756 (a little slower) 7625 (a little faster) Autocomp (Slower) WST (Faster). I am shooting holes in paper targets for fun so power is not a factor. My main concern is 9mm but thoughts on any of these in the other calibers would be appreciated as well. I don't see any WST loads on Hodgdon site however. I can also get Red Dot but I don't see any info on Alliants site for 9mm. As I recall back from my shotgun reloading days Red dot is big flakes. Just can't see it metering well in small amounts (3-4 grns) anyone have any input on any of these? With lead? How do they meter?
Have about 1000 WSPs left and some CCI 500s on order from Midway, so I will see if the additional smoke I am seeing really has anything to do with the WSP or just weather, or powder charge fine tuning. (Or my Senility) I realize lead will never be as clean as jacketed. FYI Midway has the CCIs $30/1000. They also have TulAmmo $115/5000. (In stock as of an hour ago)
Thanks again everybody for you input.
"There are 10 types of people who understand binary those who do and those who don't."
Looks like I am going to try a different powder as I am down to 1lb of Universal. Liked the Universal it worked for .45 .38, light .357 9mm and 9mm Mak. It looks like what I can get right now and hopefully tomorrow is IMR 4756 (a little slower) 7625 (a little faster) Autocomp (Slower) WST (Faster). I am shooting holes in paper targets for fun so power is not a factor. My main concern is 9mm but thoughts on any of these in the other calibers would be appreciated as well. I don't see any WST loads on Hodgdon site however. I can also get Red Dot but I don't see any info on Alliants site for 9mm. As I recall back from my shotgun reloading days Red dot is big flakes. Just can't see it metering well in small amounts (3-4 grns) anyone have any input on any of these? With lead? How do they meter?
Have about 1000 WSPs left and some CCI 500s on order from Midway, so I will see if the additional smoke I am seeing really has anything to do with the WSP or just weather, or powder charge fine tuning. (Or my Senility) I realize lead will never be as clean as jacketed. FYI Midway has the CCIs $30/1000. They also have TulAmmo $115/5000. (In stock as of an hour ago)
Thanks again everybody for you input.
"There are 10 types of people who understand binary those who do and those who don't."
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