jr_roosa
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So, I've been loading these at about 850 FPS with 4.8gr Bullseye as a hardball practice load as well as practice for my SD loads. After a box of 500 I can't seem to get the leading under control. I get about 1" of nasty thick smeared lead just past the chamber, and I just spend the last hour trying to clean it out, and I gave up.
Part of the problem, I think, is the little ring of lead that I get at crimp, and that little bit gets dragged into the chamber and smeared out. I got a Lyman "M" die to try to fix this, but with mixed brass, it's hard to get it to work quite right. I can't find copper choreboys to help with the cleaning at the local grocery store, but I'll keep looking.
As for the Lyman "M" die, I still get crookedly seated bullets that won't quite fit my case gauge, although they seem to chamber OK, although a little snug.
I am very happy with the MBC "Button" 185gr and "Bullseye #1" 200gr SWCs. Not nearly as much leading, they seat straighter, maybe because of the flat meplat, and they seem to shoot very well.
Unless there are any magic cures out there, I'm going to switch over to Zero FMJ, since the $5 difference per 100 bullets is worth the hour of cleaning time. Unfortunately I'm moving, and Roze Dist says they're 6 weeks in the hole, so I'll probably not get them in time to load up a batch before I pack up all the reloading gear.
Any suggestions?
-J.
Part of the problem, I think, is the little ring of lead that I get at crimp, and that little bit gets dragged into the chamber and smeared out. I got a Lyman "M" die to try to fix this, but with mixed brass, it's hard to get it to work quite right. I can't find copper choreboys to help with the cleaning at the local grocery store, but I'll keep looking.
As for the Lyman "M" die, I still get crookedly seated bullets that won't quite fit my case gauge, although they seem to chamber OK, although a little snug.
I am very happy with the MBC "Button" 185gr and "Bullseye #1" 200gr SWCs. Not nearly as much leading, they seat straighter, maybe because of the flat meplat, and they seem to shoot very well.
Unless there are any magic cures out there, I'm going to switch over to Zero FMJ, since the $5 difference per 100 bullets is worth the hour of cleaning time. Unfortunately I'm moving, and Roze Dist says they're 6 weeks in the hole, so I'll probably not get them in time to load up a batch before I pack up all the reloading gear.
Any suggestions?
-J.