Took out my Model 53 22 R.E.M. Jet out for a spin yesterday.
I'm shooting reloads my dad reloaded in 1973.
40gr Jet bullet
R.E.M. Casing
Load data is so faded on the tag that it's unreadable. 44 years is a felt pens limit.
My belief is 7.5 gr 2400
Should be a mild load. No signs of pressure on the casing.
I'm getting a lot of blast from between the forcing cone and cylinder. The gap looks tight nothing out of the ordinary. Lot of grey residue on the forcing cone and front of the cylinder. Also when I looked at the fired brass in the tray I was ejecting them out on there were also flakes of unburned powder.
Not a lot but still some.
I will pull a bullet on a few and weigh them to see how many grains are there.
Is it possible that the blast n residue is from slow burning powder ( Old ) not completing the burn before it leaves the cylinder.
I know their old. They were loaded prior to my dad passing away.
I also have a 22 Jet H&R so I could just shoot them in that.
I have 600-700 of them.
Pull the bullets n repowder or shoot them for what there worth.
Waiting to here from you guys.
JM22


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