Brian Pfleuger
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I tested my new toy today using mainly very light loads of Unique, just to properly form the brass to the chamber. The load was 9.0gr under 100gr Hornady HPs
Here's acell phone picture of the gun for anyone who didn't see my first thread:
The gun performed flawlessy, and the fifty year old can of Unique also performed well, so far a saying "BANG!" at the appropriate time. Accuracy was acceptable as well, considering. After the break-in period, I simply shot the rest of the rounds with nary a pause in between. The barrel was getting quite warm. I ended up with a group of roughly 30 rounds that was approximately 2 inches wide and 3 1/2inches high, at 100 yards. Roughly 1/2 of the shots were clustered in a nice group of approximately 1 1/2 inches. I'm very satisfied with that result, considering the load, my not waiting between shots and this being my first ever rifle reloads.
The trigger was worked by EaBrown Company before they shipped me the frame. It is superb. Unquestionably the best trigger that I've ever had on a non-varmint gun. They said that it would be 2 1/2 pounds and it feels about right, but I haven't had a chance to check it on the scale yet.
Quickload's estimates of muzzle velocity turned out to be pretty optimistic. I don't know if it was the age of the powder or if it could be explained by batch variance even with modern powders. After adjusting the inputs to match my case capacity, QL predicted 1520fps. The actual result was around 1415fps. That's about 7% lower than predicted. I guess if that's all you lose with 50 year old powder then I can live with it. I mention this as an interesting tid-bit, as this certainly will not be a load that I'll be using much in the future.
I also fired one round of Remington Core-Lokt Ultra 140gr factory ammo over the chrony, and a few rounds not measured. Their performance actually amazed me. Remington lists the muzzle velocity of the ammo at 2860. The chrony showed 2640. I expected at least 100fps less. The recoil from the full power load was much more manageable than I expected. You definitely know that something in your hand just went "BOOM!" but it's not painful or unmanageable at all.
The gun is topped with a Burris 2-7X40mm scope. It is quite excellent. The optics are bright and clear, the "clicks" are solid and audible and the scope seems to be high quality in every regard.
I am very happy with this gun so far.
Here's acell phone picture of the gun for anyone who didn't see my first thread:
The gun performed flawlessy, and the fifty year old can of Unique also performed well, so far a saying "BANG!" at the appropriate time. Accuracy was acceptable as well, considering. After the break-in period, I simply shot the rest of the rounds with nary a pause in between. The barrel was getting quite warm. I ended up with a group of roughly 30 rounds that was approximately 2 inches wide and 3 1/2inches high, at 100 yards. Roughly 1/2 of the shots were clustered in a nice group of approximately 1 1/2 inches. I'm very satisfied with that result, considering the load, my not waiting between shots and this being my first ever rifle reloads.
The trigger was worked by EaBrown Company before they shipped me the frame. It is superb. Unquestionably the best trigger that I've ever had on a non-varmint gun. They said that it would be 2 1/2 pounds and it feels about right, but I haven't had a chance to check it on the scale yet.
Quickload's estimates of muzzle velocity turned out to be pretty optimistic. I don't know if it was the age of the powder or if it could be explained by batch variance even with modern powders. After adjusting the inputs to match my case capacity, QL predicted 1520fps. The actual result was around 1415fps. That's about 7% lower than predicted. I guess if that's all you lose with 50 year old powder then I can live with it. I mention this as an interesting tid-bit, as this certainly will not be a load that I'll be using much in the future.
I also fired one round of Remington Core-Lokt Ultra 140gr factory ammo over the chrony, and a few rounds not measured. Their performance actually amazed me. Remington lists the muzzle velocity of the ammo at 2860. The chrony showed 2640. I expected at least 100fps less. The recoil from the full power load was much more manageable than I expected. You definitely know that something in your hand just went "BOOM!" but it's not painful or unmanageable at all.
The gun is topped with a Burris 2-7X40mm scope. It is quite excellent. The optics are bright and clear, the "clicks" are solid and audible and the scope seems to be high quality in every regard.
I am very happy with this gun so far.
Sounds like you're off to a good start. What do you think will be your "working" load for the rifle-caliber pistol?
I hope they all clean up for you.