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What kind of load developer are you?
- Thread starter Nathan
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I am currently working up new loads for 9mm for the Colt Govt. The things I am looking for:
1) A safe load that works the action with no FTF or FTE
2) precise load for maximum accuracy
3) economical, but it must be quality ammunition
For pistol I start at the minimum recommended load and make 6 to 9 bullets and increase the powder load by 2/10 to 3/10 of a grain for the next batch and so on till I reach max load or just under it. At the range I shoot supported or in a pistol vice to see which of the "batches" group the best. The lowest charge of the best group is what I am looking for.
I will press out another 25 and go back to the range with my chronograph to see what velocity I am shooting (sometimes I use the chrony in the initial test). The 25 are then tested at further distances and with another one of my pistols.
1) A safe load that works the action with no FTF or FTE
2) precise load for maximum accuracy
3) economical, but it must be quality ammunition
For pistol I start at the minimum recommended load and make 6 to 9 bullets and increase the powder load by 2/10 to 3/10 of a grain for the next batch and so on till I reach max load or just under it. At the range I shoot supported or in a pistol vice to see which of the "batches" group the best. The lowest charge of the best group is what I am looking for.
I will press out another 25 and go back to the range with my chronograph to see what velocity I am shooting (sometimes I use the chrony in the initial test). The 25 are then tested at further distances and with another one of my pistols.
All for hunting...
All my reloading, all my shooting, is all for my hunting. To make a one shot kill on an animal, at a range and angle that I feel totally confident in and when making that shot, is what it's all for, personally for me. I've settled on Hornady bullets almost exclusively for my hunting bullets, because through the years they've always given me fine performance on a critter. The old tried and true spire point, either boat tail or flat base, is all I use, and all I need on the hunt. IMR 4350 is my preferred powder, but I've discovered VARGET lately and like experimenting with that powder these days, too.
I found a good load for my old Marlin 336 (actually I have two, both 30-30s) using VARGET and the 150 grn. Speer HOT-COR, S.F.P. I may use the Marlin elk hunting this year if I decide to do some timber hunting where my shots would be WELL under 100 yds. Looking for a yearling cow or calf this year, and the hunt starts here in a couple of weeks. Fall time in the Big Horns is always magic, and I'm ready for it.
All my reloading, all my shooting, is all for my hunting. To make a one shot kill on an animal, at a range and angle that I feel totally confident in and when making that shot, is what it's all for, personally for me. I've settled on Hornady bullets almost exclusively for my hunting bullets, because through the years they've always given me fine performance on a critter. The old tried and true spire point, either boat tail or flat base, is all I use, and all I need on the hunt. IMR 4350 is my preferred powder, but I've discovered VARGET lately and like experimenting with that powder these days, too.
I found a good load for my old Marlin 336 (actually I have two, both 30-30s) using VARGET and the 150 grn. Speer HOT-COR, S.F.P. I may use the Marlin elk hunting this year if I decide to do some timber hunting where my shots would be WELL under 100 yds. Looking for a yearling cow or calf this year, and the hunt starts here in a couple of weeks. Fall time in the Big Horns is always magic, and I'm ready for it.
That's a perfectly reasonable way to think about it .......... unless you have multiple firearms and many of those are designed for specific applications that are not SD/HD related . Then what do you do ?
Jeesh, guess you just ignored my whole first sentence huh?
I do not own, shoot or load anything other than handgun. No interest in rifles and don't care about rifles so to me rifles are irrelevant. So why are you trying to make a point of it?
Jeesh, guess you just ignored my whole first sentence huh?
I do not own, shoot or load anything other than handgun. No interest in rifles and don't care about rifles so to me rifles are irrelevant. So why are you trying to make a point of it?
Interesting.....I actually do not handload my self defense rounds. I just test some different brands/bullets I like the terminal perfomance of and see if they shoot well in my gun, and then buy 100 or so and shoot a few every few months.
Mississippi you've seemed to miss the point also. First of all nowhere in my post did I mention SD rounds or loading for self defense.
The whole point is that all guns will shoot differently whether they are in a rest or being held freehand. Also this whole topic is about Handloading and not store purchased ammunitions.
I want to be confident that when I pick up any one of my handguns I can quickly and accurately acquire and hit the target with whatever ammunition is in it. Shooting from a rest or a sandbag isn't going to do that.
Mississippi you've seemed to miss the point also. First of all nowhere in my post did I mention SD rounds or loading for self defense.
The whole point is that all guns will shoot differently whether they are in a rest or being held freehand. Also this whole topic is about Handloading and not store purchased ammunitions.
I want to be confident that when I pick up any one of my handguns I can quickly and accurately acquire and hit the target with whatever ammunition is in it. Shooting from a rest or a sandbag isn't going to do that.