Shot first reloads

[Vicious-Peanut]

Well, I finally got out to the range to shoot my first loads. I had 30 - 50 grain SP with 26 gr. BL(C)-2 and one of them failed to eject fully in my Mini-14. Next up was the same bullet with 26.5 gr. of BL(C)-2 and all 75 of them went off without a hitch, and ejected fine. all loads used winchester SR primers. I guess the 26 gr. load is little light for the Mini.

Anyways it felt great to finally shoot them and no have any problems with them.

 

[RustyFN]

It's about damn time. There's nothing like the feeling of shooting your own loads for the first time. Congrats.
Rusty

 

[lgbloader]

I still remember shooting the first 38 spl rounds that I loaded. I was so proud... I loaded em with the Lee classic loader, too! Man, those were the days... I might have to load some 38 spcl on my single station press instead of my "blue press" for good 'ole timesake!!

 

[scrat]

yep i remember that day. your nervous as heck at first but then you pull the trigger and they work and your instantly hooked.

 

[Floppy_D]

The 1st rounds I ever made, I put through my Sig P229... my tailpipe was pickle-puckered for the first few, but I relaxed a little after I had a few mags through it.

Thousands of rounds later without factory ammo, no complaints.

 

[Sunray]

"...the 26 gr. load is little light for the Mini..." Not if it was only one case. 26.0 is the starting load for BL-C2 with that bullet weight. Most likely the one case isn't quite right. A burr or slightly off size extractor groove. You're next step is to work up a load.
Beginning with the starting load given in your manual, load 5 rounds only. Go up by half a grain of powder, loading 5 of each keeping them separate until you get to the max load in your manual.
Then go shooting. Shoot at 100 yards, for group only, slowly and deliberately off a bench.
Change targets between strings of 5 and allow time for the barrel to cool.
When you find the best group, sight in.