picking up speed

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by m60g

Hey, you live in Ypres, that's where Paschendale was fought. I'm a big military history buff

Sorry for the Hijack

No worries,

check out this thread

http://www.cotep.org/forum/showthread.php?t=856

[svandamme]

Ran some better SWC loads, at 9.2 grain it's almost there.
I'll run a small test batch at 9.4, 9.6, 9.8 that should do the trick

The 6.2 Vihtavuori with 230 Ball batch i made earlier is perfect for plinking, not a hot load , but i can shoot volumes of that and not get tired. No jams whatsoever, they are all consistent ( these were all loaded with the Dillon in mass production mode, with the powder check die)

And i found out what that jam was previously with the weak SWC's.
Had one again like it, turns out, with the weak loads it sometimes does not fully go to battery, but very difficult to see, it's just a hair from being fully closed.
If you look from behind, you can't even see it.
It went away at 9 grains or more AA7 powder..

Anyway, had fun today, broke my personal best in the .22 club pistol competition at 25 meters, got me a 173/200 , with a club Ruger.

25 test SWC's 10 meter, not for accuracy yet
40 of my homemade 230 grain ball @ 25 meters, worked out fine , good group. offhanded

Then ran through 2 full mags of Fiocchi Rapid fire and quick reload at 10 meters...
all in the black..that rotten piece of cardboard target didn't walk away from that , no sir.

[svandamme]

Ran the 195 grain copper SWC up from 9.2 up to 10 grains of AA7, no problem
Going to settle on 9.6 as the middel ground, make a bigger batch of those to work the AA powder out..

Also snatched up some 200 grain LSWC , with the VVN340 and a 6.3 load according to the VV load tables, all good..
Eventually going to make this the steady diet for the PM7, barrel will last longer with LSWC and those bullets are about half the price of the copper plated ones...


Another fun day at the range, ran about 100 rounds with the .45 , then went to the 100 meter to log some rifle time , so i can send in my permit request (need about 10 rifle days logged for that)..

So shot with the club .22 bolt action rifle, some russian made thing.
With a diopter , i managed a group of 50 rds about the size of a stretched hand.. without any flyers. so that's not bad for a first try
9 more sessions to go, then the club chairman can print out a certificate that i'm a regular rifle shooter, so i can get the permit for the M1a. Can't wait.

[Hoss in IL]

Glad to hear your loads are working out for you. I just finished 1300 rounds of .380 auto for my brother in law. I hate those tiny bullets, hard to grab.

I didn't read through all of the thread pages.....did you end up finding a good source for your powder? It would be terrible to spend all of that time and components working up to a "perfect" load and then not be able to get your powder for a long time. Not trying to put a hex on ya, I just remember you saying that you were at the mercy of the local suppliers for components.

Keep up the good work!

[svandamme]

1300 rounds of 308? does he shoot full auto or sommin?

Did get the good powder sourced, found a number of good reloading shops that carry VithaVuori..

[Hoss in IL]

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