I finally was able to get out to the sticks to do some blasting today.
and Brought with me 30 ea of the following reloads to see how they worked.
all had once fired LC-05 Brass
Hornady 55g FMJ/BT bullets
CCI#41 Primers.
and the following loads
all AA 2230
24.0 Gr
24.5 Gr
25.0 Gr
COL 2.225
lee Factory Crimped die used lightly
Fired from a RRA 16" Tactical CAR
They all shot great with no over pressure signs.
the 24.5 gr load seemed most accurate with the best groups
I was a bit panicked with the 25 's as I was way off for the first 3 rounds
turned out my Aimpoint had come loose.:banghead:
I manged 5 hits in a row on tannerite bottles at 75 yards with these handloads
and the only bad part of the day was 3 out of 100 Radway surplus rounds not firing with good firing pin strikes.
so My AMMO is more reliable then Surplus Radway
all in all shooting my first reloads was a hoot and now that I am home
I will be going into production mode ASAP with my lee 1000
thanks to everyone here who posts, I have read and learned from the hundreds of posts in this forum.
and using the excel spreadsheet found here my cost per 1000 reloads 110.00
what a bargain of course that is only components. but I am using lee equipment so that wasn't too much.
and Brought with me 30 ea of the following reloads to see how they worked.
all had once fired LC-05 Brass
Hornady 55g FMJ/BT bullets
CCI#41 Primers.
and the following loads
all AA 2230
24.0 Gr
24.5 Gr
25.0 Gr
COL 2.225
lee Factory Crimped die used lightly
Fired from a RRA 16" Tactical CAR
They all shot great with no over pressure signs.
the 24.5 gr load seemed most accurate with the best groups
I was a bit panicked with the 25 's as I was way off for the first 3 rounds
turned out my Aimpoint had come loose.:banghead:
I manged 5 hits in a row on tannerite bottles at 75 yards with these handloads
and the only bad part of the day was 3 out of 100 Radway surplus rounds not firing with good firing pin strikes.
so My AMMO is more reliable then Surplus Radway
all in all shooting my first reloads was a hoot and now that I am home
I will be going into production mode ASAP with my lee 1000
thanks to everyone here who posts, I have read and learned from the hundreds of posts in this forum.
and using the excel spreadsheet found here my cost per 1000 reloads 110.00
what a bargain of course that is only components. but I am using lee equipment so that wasn't too much.
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