rugerp89ipsc

Yeah, I learned the scary way not to trust other people's loads. I had a brand new 686 w/ 8 3/8" barrel, but no ammo. Took the wife and went out to her grandparents with her dad. My father in law had some ammo his friend loaded. Loaded up, bang bang bang BOOM (think it might have been a double charge). The cylinder locked up and my pucker factor was at full. Luckily the gun was not damaged and no other person's ammo ever went through that gun again. I will keep everyone up dated. I have a chrono coming my way next pay period and I will post up all my loads I have been curious about. I the load I posted up for steel. It shoots light, but is not so light that bumping it up to major is going to screw up my ipsc game (not that I currently have much game). Thanks guys.

I have still not gotten the 220 precisions chronoed: however, 180grn precision 4.0 grns of N320 OAL: 1 9/64" pf = 158

Can do. I did some researching and found a load with precision moly 220grn loaded with 3.8grns N320 with an oal of 1.185 getting 177 pf. I have loaded mine out to 1.19 and am currently starting at 3.0grns of N320. I think I am going to just break down and buy myself a cheapy chrono for xmas early and will be sure to update on what my load is. Thanks for all the help guys.

Yeah, I was thinking about starting somewhere around 2.5 grns of 320N and working up from there. Correct me if I am wrong, but the pf in relation to the powder and bullet weight is exponential, not linear, making setting up a ratio unreliable. Is that right? To be frank, I don't have a chrono and have pretty much been using the same 2 loads since I started shooting back in 2002, so I have a pretty limited knowledge base for breaking out new loads. Thanks for all the help so far guys.

Thanks for the heads up. I thought it might pose a problem, but with the cost of bb s right now, I thought I should use them anyways. Did you have any problems with the case bulging? I have been loading my 180grns out to 1.19.

I usually shoot 180ies; however, I received about 1k 220grn precision bullets and wanted to work up a steel load with them. I was not sure where to start on the powder, does anyone have suggestions or load data from one of their old loads that might guid e me? I am currently shooting 180 grn precision bullets with 4.0 grns of 320N and like the way the load shoots a lot. Also, I have not seen 220grns used much, is there a problem with using them, ie case bulging or pressure problems? Thanks for the info.