First 10 rounds *Range update

[novalty]

Well finally have all my reloading equipment mounted, dies set, powder measure set, and reloaded my first 10 rounds of 45acp. Loaded 230gr FMJ Berry's plated with 5.9gr. of Unique and CCI#300 Primers into once fired Remington UMC brass--catridges have a OAL of 1.260 and crimped .471. Things are finally thawing out in Maine, and hopefully will get to try out the new loads shortly.

Couple pictures of my bench set-up.

 

[Rule3]

Excellent. Sounds like you are off the a great start!. Nice set up and your loads sound good.

I thought folks in Maine didn't slow down for any weather. Get out there in the snow and cold and shoot!

 

[Steve in Vermont]

Nicely set up. Noticed the lamp on the right and it gave me an idea for my bench. Also, the Folger Coffee jugs. It seems we'd be lost without them. And Vermont is thawing out also. Feels good.

 

[novalty]

The Folger's containers do come in handy. Also have some Enfamil baby formula containers that have hinged lids that snap tight and stack pretty good--but for manly purposes kept the purple containers with duckies out of the photo . Found the large Sam's club container for "Cheese Balls" hold about a 10 pound bag of corn-cob media, the smaller Folger's container hold almost exactly 350 rounds of 9mm., and the large Folger's hold about 1200 rounds of 9mm. I still have to use a hole saw and make a couple holes towards the back of the bench so I can access the 2 outlets below the bench. And yes...that is a q-tip holding on the spent primer tray

Anyways I do have to get out and shoot my reloads, as well as, 5 rounds of 200gr LSWC that my brother-in-law is casting from wheel weights. Both reloads hand cycled in my S&W 1911 fine, and he said they shot really well in his S&W 1911. So will make for an interesting trip to the range.

 

[anomad]

Nice set up.

I'd like to be in a reloading room today!

 

[Skip Sackett]

HEY, YOU ARE BIT DUDE! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahaha

We got another one, we got another one, we got another one!


That is so cool! When do you start casting?

 

[novalty]

HEY, YOU ARE BIT DUDE! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahaha

We got another one, we got another one, we got another one!


That is so cool! When do you start casting?

Don't think I will get into casting. Don't get a whole heck of a lot of spare time w/ a 3 year old and a 7 month old. My father-in-law own's a garage, which is why my brother-in-law is casting as he has access to lead wheel weights. I looking into purchasing leads instead of FMJ, as the price seems to be about 40% less. Just not sure about additional cost of gas checks, and additional cleaning needed for lead removal.

 

[CWH44300]

hey Novalty looks like you have nice set up, I like the new green tools. dont worry about leading a little experimenting with hardness and sizing and you'll be good to go,the gas checks will come installed if thats what you want.Lead is the key to economical shooting whether you buy'em or cast'em, heck thats about all I shoot I've even tried them from the 300's. good luck n keep your powder dry

 

[PDL]

As they said, lookin' good.
You don't need gas checks for lead exactly. You've got to match the bullet hardness with the velocity you're loading to.
Don't try to drive them excessively and you'll not need GC's.

 

[novalty]

Well I finally made it out to a range yesterday to do some shooting--man it has been a long winter. The first 10 rounds I loaded worked well, and felt very similar in recoil to the Remington UMC bulk pack ammo I shot as well. Even loaded a mix mag of UMC, my reloads, and some 200gr LSWC my brother-in-law casted and loaded. Did have a slight issue that I have never seen before while shooting my the LSWC. The last round of 2 mags didn't survive very well--pictures below. I asked my brother-in-law how hot he loaded and he said they were loaded with 7.0gr of Unique. You could tell they had some punch to them, and despite the brass carnage below they functioned fine in my S&W 1911. Here is his load data:
Remington Brass
CCI #300 primers
7.0gr Unique
200LSWC w/o gas checks
1.215 OAL
.469 crimp

Sorry for the poor quality pics, don't have much experience taking close up pics of small objects w/ my camera.

 

[Mack]

Dude, max load listed for Unique is 5.4 grains, I don't think I would be using anymore of BIL's loads. Actually, this is a valuable lesson, DO NOT USE ANY BUT YOUR OWN RELOADS.

 

[novalty]

Dude, max load listed for Unique is 5.4 grains, I don't think I would be using anymore of BIL's loads. Actually, this is a valuable lesson, DO NOT USE ANY BUT YOUR OWN RELOADS.

I looked in my Lyman 49th edition reloading manual and 200LSWC are listed as a max load of 7.5gr of Unique. So he is within the normal operating range. The only thing I see list as max load of 5.4 for LSWC is Titegroup.

 

[kingranch]

Will that be Speer's 200gr. LSWC?

 

[CrossRifles2008]

You delete the pics? Can't see em.

 

[novalty]

Will that be Speer's 200gr. LSWC?

Nope these are handcast in a Lyman mold. Believe it is #452460 as they don't have the beveled base for gas checks.

 

[kingranch]

Nope these are handcast in a Lyman mold. Believe it is #452460 as they don't have the beveled base for gas checks.

10-4
Show us a pic of a primer end of that damaged brass if you can?

BTW, are you sure about them bullets being 200gr...not 155gr LSWC's?

 

[novalty]

You delete the pics? Can't see em.

Didn't delete them, they still appear for me. If other aren't seeing just let me know, as I will try and fix.

 

[CrossRifles2008]

Didn't delete them, they still appear for me. If other aren't seeing just let me know, as I will try and fix.

Odd I back tracked now and they showed up. Must be my internet connection. Nice setup.

 

[novalty]

Here are some pics of the primer end of the case. I am pretty sure they are 200gr, but did attach some pics of a load cartridge as well.

 

[novalty]

In the pic just above the loaded round, you might be able to see the strike mark on the rim of the case, which is very similar to that of a spent rimfire cartridge. I checked all around the ejection port of my 1911 and do not see any damage. My 1911 has about 340 rounds on it now, and I wonder if part of the damage my be from the factory spring and the higher velocity of these rounds. Wonder if what happened is the slide came forward on the round and jambed it against a portion of the slide then returned due to the impact. The slide was always locked back after the last round.