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Scollins,
You are correct! I should have used "with" not "or". My bad.
I also agree with your sentiment that people new to reloading should start with a standard cartridge before venturing into the wildcat realm.
I am using Redding Dies including the trim/forming die as well. I have made 200 rounds from unfired 221 FireBall brass and 200 rounds from unfired winchester 223 brass. I have recently tried about 75 pieces of brass from Davis.... I am probably going to stop making my own brass and just buy brass from Davis.
I am running a 16 in. Olympic Arm barrel with the gas port in the pistol position. I had Randall Rausch thread and slightly re-profile the barrel so I could install and JP Enterprise Bennie Cooley compensator and a JP Enterprise low profile adjustable gas block.
What is the the barrel set-up that you are running?
I am mostly interested in supersonic loads that make/exceed the IPSIC power factor of 320 (bullet wt X vel./1000). Currently the loads that I have that make the 320 power factor are:
16.5 gr H110 behind a 180 SPBT sierra GameKing at 1827 fps
16.5 gr Lil'Gun behind a 180 SPBT sierra GameKing at 1840 fps
16.5 gr H4227 behind a 180 SPBT sierra GameKing at 1792 fps
I am now working up 165 gr and 155 gr bullets. Randall ran some QUICKLOAD models for me and it looks like that the 155 g (PALMA) is the lightest bullet that I can use to make the 320 power factor.
Any way... I was wondering if I have Randall make a barrel in either 18 or 20 inches... can I get 150g bullets over 2133 fps to make power factor
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