quillgordo
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Dusting off the war horse. have some mixed brass My RCBS die mic's 460 at the sizing die mouth. Specs call for .471 near the head. Cant fully resize them but enough to de-prime. Ran all thru my mic set to .465 and the ones that passed, I reloaded with 147 g canelured military bullets (pulled by machine)
Hornady Garand reloading manual, has H335 as suitable powder. Loads are for 150-155 grain. So I loaded 16 with 42 g which should give about 2600+ fps (not crimped).
Went to range today and about 50% of them did not eject after firing. Bolt closed on the empty. Now it was not case stuck as minimal effort manually ejected the round.
So my thinking is that it's probably not hot enough to fully cycle the action.
Has anyone else had experience with H335 with similar bullet in CMP Garand?
I just don't want to go too hot in the old girl. Thanks
Hornady Garand reloading manual, has H335 as suitable powder. Loads are for 150-155 grain. So I loaded 16 with 42 g which should give about 2600+ fps (not crimped).
Went to range today and about 50% of them did not eject after firing. Bolt closed on the empty. Now it was not case stuck as minimal effort manually ejected the round.
So my thinking is that it's probably not hot enough to fully cycle the action.
Has anyone else had experience with H335 with similar bullet in CMP Garand?
I just don't want to go too hot in the old girl. Thanks