RidgwayCO
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I went to the indoor range yesterday and chronoed a bunch of reloads over my CED Millenium with the infrared screens ten feet from the bench. Ten rounds for each load.
One of the loads I tested was with the Dardas 125gr LRN bullets (the ones with a driving band at the base of the bullet) loaded to 1.140" COL using CCI 500 primers, once-fired Fiocchi brass, and a light crimp with the LFC die. I'm looking for an accurate subsonic load around 1000 fps out of my Beretta 8000F Cougar (3.6" barrel), which is what I used for this test. All rounds functioned 100% out of the Cougar except for the 3.7gr N320 load, which had the last three rounds in the magazine fail to feed (I suspect it's too light a load, and the Cougar might have been running a tad dry).
Powder ........ Grs ....... Vel (fps) .... ES .... SD
-------------------------------------------------------
VV N320 ...... 3.7 .......... 920 ........ 24 ..... 7
VV N320 ...... 4.0 .......... 973 ........ 24 ..... 8
VV N330 ...... 4.3 .......... 958 ........ 34 ..... 9
VV N330 ...... 4.6 ......... 1020 ....... 18 ..... 5
VV N340 ...... 4.7 ......... 1017 ....... 25 ..... 8
VV N340 ...... 5.1 ......... 1065 ....... 57 .... 15
Unique ........ 4.3 .......... 925 ........ 65 .... 23
Unique ........ 4.7 .......... 985 ........ 23 .... 13
AA #2 ......... 4.0 .......... 994 ........ 15 ..... 5
AA #2 ......... 4.4 ......... 1040 ....... 15 ..... 4
I love the VihtaVuori powders, but it's amazing to me the numbers Accurate #2 puts up sometimes...
I thought about trying some 3N37 and Power Pistol as well, but they're just not efficient at this power level. I'll save them for my factory-duplication loads with the Speer 124gr Gold Dots...
These loads proved safe in MY guns. In YOUR guns they may not be safe. Always start low and work up gradually, using published reloading data. Be suspect of ALL reloading data you find online, including (especially) mine.
One of the loads I tested was with the Dardas 125gr LRN bullets (the ones with a driving band at the base of the bullet) loaded to 1.140" COL using CCI 500 primers, once-fired Fiocchi brass, and a light crimp with the LFC die. I'm looking for an accurate subsonic load around 1000 fps out of my Beretta 8000F Cougar (3.6" barrel), which is what I used for this test. All rounds functioned 100% out of the Cougar except for the 3.7gr N320 load, which had the last three rounds in the magazine fail to feed (I suspect it's too light a load, and the Cougar might have been running a tad dry).
Powder ........ Grs ....... Vel (fps) .... ES .... SD
-------------------------------------------------------
VV N320 ...... 3.7 .......... 920 ........ 24 ..... 7
VV N320 ...... 4.0 .......... 973 ........ 24 ..... 8
VV N330 ...... 4.3 .......... 958 ........ 34 ..... 9
VV N330 ...... 4.6 ......... 1020 ....... 18 ..... 5
VV N340 ...... 4.7 ......... 1017 ....... 25 ..... 8
VV N340 ...... 5.1 ......... 1065 ....... 57 .... 15
Unique ........ 4.3 .......... 925 ........ 65 .... 23
Unique ........ 4.7 .......... 985 ........ 23 .... 13
AA #2 ......... 4.0 .......... 994 ........ 15 ..... 5
AA #2 ......... 4.4 ......... 1040 ....... 15 ..... 4
I love the VihtaVuori powders, but it's amazing to me the numbers Accurate #2 puts up sometimes...
I thought about trying some 3N37 and Power Pistol as well, but they're just not efficient at this power level. I'll save them for my factory-duplication loads with the Speer 124gr Gold Dots...
These loads proved safe in MY guns. In YOUR guns they may not be safe. Always start low and work up gradually, using published reloading data. Be suspect of ALL reloading data you find online, including (especially) mine.
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