I am new to the forum and I have just started reloading 9mm rounds to shoot in my Para P18. I have always shot winchester Winclean before this which is TMJ.
On the weekend I went and shot 50 rounds of Frontier 124gr RN CMJ Copper plated projectiles loaded with 4.3gr of ADI AP70N (Similar to Universal) which is the recommended starting load for a 124gr jacketed projectile (1030fps), oal 1.14", cci small pistol primer. But I found on returning home that there was quite a bit of copper fouling towards the muzzle end of the barrel. Is this normal as I have shot 500 rounds+ of Winclean with no noticeable copper fouling whatsoever. Could this be caused by pushing the bullet too fast, should I back off the powder a bit? Or is this normal? Also just bought some copper solvent today and it has taken some time to remove all the fouling. When should i clean the fouling, all I had was copper fouling on the very edges of the raised bits of the rifling.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
On the weekend I went and shot 50 rounds of Frontier 124gr RN CMJ Copper plated projectiles loaded with 4.3gr of ADI AP70N (Similar to Universal) which is the recommended starting load for a 124gr jacketed projectile (1030fps), oal 1.14", cci small pistol primer. But I found on returning home that there was quite a bit of copper fouling towards the muzzle end of the barrel. Is this normal as I have shot 500 rounds+ of Winclean with no noticeable copper fouling whatsoever. Could this be caused by pushing the bullet too fast, should I back off the powder a bit? Or is this normal? Also just bought some copper solvent today and it has taken some time to remove all the fouling. When should i clean the fouling, all I had was copper fouling on the very edges of the raised bits of the rifling.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.