LiveLife
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I went to the range today to start my work up of Missouri Bullet 9mm 125 gr SWC bullet (I will post another thread after the work up) and noticed something interesting.
With my usual lead loads and W231/HP-38, I get light lube smoke while shooting at an indoor range. My initial 125 gr SWC loads were loaded with 3.9 and 4.2 gr of W231. Because the material was removed from the nose of the bullet to the bullet base, SWC bullet has longer bearing surface and gets seated deeper in the case. OAL I used with Lone Wolf barrel was 1.040"-1.050".
When I shot them out of factory Glock and LW barrels, they produced almost no smoke!
With my usual lead loads and W231/HP-38, I get light lube smoke while shooting at an indoor range. My initial 125 gr SWC loads were loaded with 3.9 and 4.2 gr of W231. Because the material was removed from the nose of the bullet to the bullet base, SWC bullet has longer bearing surface and gets seated deeper in the case. OAL I used with Lone Wolf barrel was 1.040"-1.050".
When I shot them out of factory Glock and LW barrels, they produced almost no smoke!