To Re-Load or Not???

[stavman11]

My Wideners Order will LAND Tomorrow!!! FIANLLY

16lbs Bulk 844 Powder and 6000 Hornady 55gr FMJBT

time ta PLAY with some NEW Powder...

All My Case Prep STUFFS will land Friday also

Time ta prep some cases and load some NEW Rounds for Monday..... SWEET!!!

CLEAN more Brass..
Size and De-Prime
Check Lengths with Dig Calipers
Trim & de-bur if needed....
LOAD LOAD LOAD...

 

[BHarada]

Stav,
I wonder if Wideners processes repeat customer business ahead of new ones? I know my first order took a while to process and ship, but the second order I placed shipped in two days and I had it in six.

Have fun. I reloaded my test batches using the new lot of powder last night. I skipped the low end loads and started at 25g and topped out at 27.5. So I'll have a total of eight test loads to log on Friday, and hopefully still have time to use up some more of the XM193. I ordered (and received) the WFT (World's Finest Trimmer) that was mentioned earlier in this thread, but haven't had any cases to trim. haha

But can't stay all day at the range as Friday is my anniversary so I have to be home and GSR-free in time to take my wife out to dinner.

 

[stavman11]

Stav,
I wonder if Wideners processes repeat customer business ahead of new ones? I know my first order took a while to process and ship, but the second order I placed shipped in two days and I had it in six.

Have fun. I reloaded my test batches using the new lot of powder last night. I skipped the low end loads and started at 25g and topped out at 27.5. So I'll have a total of eight test loads to log on Friday, and hopefully still have time to use up some more of the XM193. I ordered (and received) the WFT (World's Finest Trimmer) that was mentioned earlier in this thread, but haven't had any cases to trim. haha

But can't stay all day at the range as Friday is my anniversary so I have to be home and GSR-free in time to take my wife out to dinner.

not really frustrated... Midway has a 2week delay time posted on there site... And based on one of yer shipments.. i figured it would take a Bit

I am gunna try and use up all my X-terminator NOW... all setup just posting here before I LAY down some BRASS... Polishing some Brass as I type this... should have another 500ish Cleaned tonight

powder lands Tomorrow.... and my case Prep stuff on friday...

Seems i never looked at the WFT setup Bill... Looks sweet..... My Lee Zip and Accoutrements should be Plenty for me....

ready for Some $.165 loads ta ROCK my M&P Sport....

This is what 6000 bullets looks like... time ta start counting make sure they are all here ya 52lbs.... HEAVY arse Box for sure..

 

[BHarada]

I bought a Lyman Accutrimmer which isn't bad, but after trimming a couple hundred cases my hand started cramping up from turning the crank. haha

I'll keep it around to trim down my calibration cases for the WFT.

Geez that's a lot of bullets.

 

[stavman11]

Finished up 210 rds of X-terminator last night...

All set for my 844 powder to land today..

gunna hit Cabela's and check on a Shooting F-1 Chronograph today........

Also cleaning my last rounds right now.... hope ta get 3-4 different loads of the 844 powder tonight to TEST on Monday...


More TOYS gotta love it

 

[BHarada]

Stav,
If you get the F1 there's a DIY cable you can make to access data stored in the unit. I built one out of $7 worth of parts from a local electronics store which is about $20 less than buying the factory remote cable.

Weaponeer Forums: DIY Remote Button for F1 Chrony

With the cable you can step through a series of captured data including lowest vel, highest vel, avg vel, standard deviation, as well as velocity for the last 10 shots.

 

[stavman11]

Stav,
If you get the F1 there's a DIY cable you can make to access data stored in the unit. I built one out of $7 worth of parts from a local electronics store which is about $20 less than buying the factory remote cable.

Weaponeer Forums: DIY Remote Button for F1 Chrony

With the cable you can step through a series of captured data including lowest vel, highest vel, avg vel, standard deviation, as well as velocity for the last 10 shots.

SWEET!!!

another project.....LOL... ill give that a try when i get some time to get the parts... Thanks Bill

Got the F1 and Bullet puller (ta fix my early Mistakes)

now i just need UPS ta get here

 

[BHarada]

SWEET!!!

another project.....LOL... ill give that a try when i get some time to get the parts... Thanks Bill

Got the F1 and Bullet puller (ta fix my early Mistakes)

now i just need UPS ta get here

UPS never delivers to my house before 6 pm so it's always a long and painful wait for me. haha

 

[stavman11]

UPS never delivers to my house before 6 pm so it's always a long and painful wait for me. haha

Thats why i ship everything to my SHOP....

UPS just came by and brought me a present

Time to leave EARLY and start PLAYING

 

[BHarada]

Did Wideners throw in a set of car keys with your powder? haha

 

[oneyeopn]

Yeah I bought the F1 chrony and am going to build the cable, Bill and I were talking about it but I wasnt home and didnt have my Chrony but he did. It is the cheapest upgrade for the F1 Chrony and makes it do the math for ya. I want one of those boxes of 6k bullets but I will bet you that the CFO of the family wont let it happen. LOL

 

[stavman11]

Did Wideners throw in a set of car keys with your powder? haha

Thats my OLD MAN reminder method.... cant leave if i dont have my keys....LOL

Yeah I bought the F1 chrony and am going to build the cable, Bill and I were talking about it but I wasnt home and didnt have my Chrony but he did. It is the cheapest upgrade for the F1 Chrony and makes it do the math for ya. I want one of those boxes of 6k bullets but I will bet you that the CFO of the family wont let it happen. LOL

The CFO here works Nights... so EASY ta slip one by her

Gunna start looking at my new toys after i take a dip in the pool.... Its a Balmy 105deg and 12% humidity.. and a Slight breeze ta FREEZE my rear off when i get outa the 87deg pool....

Arizona life is hard for sure...

 

[stavman11]

1st of all...

what a FUN day......... The stress released today playing with TOYS is awesome....

thanks again to everyone who has helped me to this Point.....

That Said


3 batches loaded tonight of the NEW 844 Powder... all 30rd test loads, all with Hornady 55gr FMJBT's and my 1-3 shot Brass

Side note...... big difference in some Brass weight... at least 2.1gr from PCM to Federal....FYI.. kept wondering why some would weight 177gr and some would be 175gr...DUUUU....LOL

Ok Onto my FUN night.....

1st No 9v Battery so Chrono isnt setup... cant tell how fAST I can throw a ROCK YET!!!!!....LOL

Tried the cabela's Bullet Puller.... works like a charm..... only 22 more ta FIX....

Oh ya... this is a LOADING Thread


1st Batch....
Lee Pro 1000 with Pro Powder Loader
1.63 102/62 disks gave me 25.4 avg powder.... 30 rds loaded
1.73 102/71 disks gave me 27.1 avg powder.... 30 rds loaded
1.70 88/82 disks gave me 26.2 avg powder.... 30 rds loaded

oh and Oklahoma City is TOAST... i cant STAND Miami... sorry Money dosent buy MY allegiance....

So have about 290rds i wanna test... Most are my X-terminator Rds... but will GUAGE those Verses the 844 powder

Love this Stuff....... very similar to X-terminator....
Vargas on the Left(dunt like it) Surplus 844 on Right....

May actualy go PLAY tomorrow am.... be LONG day since we will race Until Midnight...... we shall see

 

[BHarada]

At loads up to 26.5g the new lot (22) of 844 is shooting about 100fps faster than the previous lot (14).

But when you get to 27 and 27.5g loads they're about even.

Of the 27 and 27.5g loads of lot# 14 powder I got one outstanding 5-shot group which measured .675" max, with four shots making one ragged hole, .25" C-T-C. This was a 27g load averaging 3076 fps.

Unfortunately, the three other groups with this loads were .875", 1.125", and 1.375".

Of the new lot test loads, 27.5g got me my best 5-shot groups of 1" and .75".

So next step is to load up a larger sampling at 27 and 27.5g for each lot and see how consistent I can get the groups to be.

 

[stavman11]

Looks Good bill

I couldnt get rolling this AM... so I will have ta wait till Monday AM......

Think My lot was #22 also.....

Nice Shooting

 

[oneyeopn]

Bill way better pics than on my cell phone....Great Shooting looks like your development is coming along fine.

 

[stavman11]

Good day in the Desert Today...was real Tired from re-building our track last 2 days....but had to go test my loads....

Chronograph was easy to set up... worked Flawlessly... and very easy to still read FPS at 10' away...

All my Loads are Hornady 55gr FMJBT
New 844 Powder
X-Terminator Powder

Also Factory PMC 55gr FMJ Rounds

All with Sport and Reflex site , rested at 25yds. Think I may be slightly high at 25yds... will dial it in better next trip out

1st Picture
Top 9 rds... 844 powder at 25.4gr
Pretty Consistent grouping, averaged at 2740fps

Center 9rds.... 844 powder at 27.2gr
Grouping was the best of the 844 powder, averaged at 3053fps

lower 9rds... 844 powder at 26.2gr
Similar to 1st grouping but more scattered, averaged at about 2854fps

2nd Picture
6rds... X-Terminator Powder 24.2gr
VERY good Group. Was aiming between 2 lines on Vertical line... Average was about 3144fps

Last Picture
PMC Factory 55gr Rds
Averaged at about 2650fps
Similar to 844 powder at 25.4gr and 2740fps

Looks like my Sport likes the 3000-3100fps range.....

Think im with Bill.... Gunna do some 27gr and 27.5 gr and see how they do with More Numbers of Rounds...

I still have about 300rds of the X-terminator 24.2gr loads... so Now I know that is the sweet spot for those

Fun But tiring day....

 

[philevans]

$.18/rnd.

been reloading since 1963.
rcbs jr II, now use a rockchucker and uniflow powder measure.
got 1k nosler custom competition 69gr bthp for $116 as a club purchase.
~$.18/round and more accurate, best 5 shot group so far is .668moa.

 

[stavman11]

been reloading since 1963.
rcbs jr II, now use a rockchucker and uniflow powder measure.
got 1k nosler custom competition 69gr bthp for $116 as a club purchase.
~$.18/round and more accurate, best 5 shot group so far is .668moa.

NICE


I'll start tightening up group soon.... for now just having FUN

 

[sixpointfive]

Depends how much you shoot. I shoot 10,000 to 15,000 rounds per year. so I cast my own bullets and load with a progressive press. If I didn't load I wouldn't be able to afford to shoot.