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    Jacketed or lead

    in General Reloading

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    I used to shoot a lot of LaserCast for both match and practice.  No leading issues to speak of but the smoke was killer.  I am relatively sure that a lot of the smoke comes from the bullet lube.

    Kimel that's what I found with the LaserCast bullets and another companies bullets called Burges Bullets. No leading but the smoke can be bad at times. Well I guess that I'm going to have to find a local source for jacketed or at least plated bullets.

    That was one advantage of lead bullets was the selection and the availability of them from retail outlets, which usually translates into saving $$$. I was paying $42.00/1000 for laser cast 40cal 180 TC's and no shipping, so I think I have my work cut out for me to find a good local source for the jacketed or plated bullets.

    Wow :o I wasn't expecting to see this large of a gap between jacketed and lead, I was really expecting to see a 50, 25, 25 in percentages. Well this survey did answer my question.

    Thanks all :)

    Jacketed or lead

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    Well I had a box of 180 TC jacketed bullets that I had picked up when I bought my P16-40 and Sunday evening I load up about 450 of them and I'm going to go back out to the range this week and try them at about the same time in the evening and see what happens. The other shooters were having the same problem, everybody there that evening was shooting lead except Run-N-Gun and he was using the Masterblaster bullets and his was still smokey but not as bad.

    Steve

    Jacketed or lead

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    EricW and L2S both of you kind of touched on the reason for my Question. Last Friday evening some where between 6:30pm and 7:00pm our club had a practice and for about an hour it looked like a black powder shoot going on instead of a IPSC practice. After the sun droped a little lower it wasn't as bad. This may sound a little strange but the light must play some part in the perception of the amount of smoke seen. This was the same load I've used for over a year and don't remember it being as bad as the other night.

    Steve

    Jacketed or lead

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    I was reading this thread but it didn't answer my question. I seem to see a lot more shooters using lead in every Division execpt open and perhaps Production, at least at the matches I attend. But I get the feeling that a good majority here at BE use jacketed. I think the other thread covered the pro's and Con's of each but I still would like to know how it breaks down here.

    Thanks

    Steve

    renewing my drivers license

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    I went to the DMV last week... the number of 'handbooks' in languages I couldn't even identify was staggering.

    Yes our tax dollars at work. My wife works for state government in the contracts dept, and all Soliciting and contracts must be available in something like 20 something languages at a cost of millions of dollars every year.

    What do you want from a match sponsor?

    in General Match Issues

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    I'm with tightloop on the lower match fees. Call me Cheep but I live in Oregon and the idea of paying $200.00 to shoot a match is a big chunk of my shooting budget for match fees. So I'm choosing to shoot the larger area matches instead of a single $200.00 match. A lot of area people do the same. Is the Idea more participation or is the Idea $$$? 200 shooters at $200 is $40,000 and 400 shooters at $100 is still $40,000 so which is it????

    The Shipster

    REX II Powder

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    Skywalker thank you those web sites gave me exactly what I needed to know. The REX link that I listed gave a load of 4.2 grains but fail to mention if that was a max load or a starting load. All three sites that you provided gave a range of 4.2 to 4.6, which is what I was looking for.

    I can't believe that this powder hasn't picked up in popularity here in the states. At less then $8.00 a pound if you by it in a 25 lb keg.

    Thanks again

    Steve

    Low charge weights.

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    I'm extremely skeptical of that theory. . .How do you know it wasn't just a double charge?

    DD

    Even a Double charge would not be a significant enough of an overload to do what happened, maybe a triple charge but not a double, and I know the shooter well enough to know a triple charge would not happen.

    Low charge weights.

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    The "Theory" behind this is that the low charge of Bullseye powder (I think below 2.7 grains was the referenced charge) would cause the powder to lay flat on the side of the case when the pistol was leveled to be fired.  When the primer was ignited, the flame would "jet" forward (because no powder was directly in its path) and bounce off of the back of the bullet.  This would cause the powder to ingnite from the front to back and cause the pistols to blow-up (cyclinder failer).

    Jack's Theory is correct, and I have witnessed the results of the theory. A well known bullseye shooter at our club had this very thing happen shooting 2.5grs of Bullseye powder and some 158 gr lead swc .38 special, it turned his custom S&W model 19 into scrap. Blew the top of the cyclinder and top strap off. Thank goodness for shooting glasses.

    REX II Powder

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    Steve,

    I have experimented extensively with Rex 3 (a.k.a Rex 32, the one in green can) in .40", and here you can get my data.

    If you need more load info or load info for Rex 2 (which I do believe is Rex 28, yellow can), I'll be happy to point out for you some italian websites  with reloading data.

    I have a buddy teammate that regularly shoots Rex 28 in .40" and he's quite happy with that.

    Thanks Skywalker67, the reason I asked is the powder is extremly inexpensive here in the Northwestern US and I have used a couple of pounds, loading for my L10 .45 with very good results. I just purchased a new Limited in .40 and haven't had time to test it. I bought a 25 LB. Box of the REX II powder for $190.00 because it worked so well in the .45, I thought it would work pretty well in the .40. If you have the italian website links that would be great.

    Thanks

    Steve

    Glock 9mm Kaboom: Casing Or Out Of Battery?

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    Saftey or Reliability!! :huh: I know which one I would choose. And I don't know that the fully supported barrels are any less reliable. One of the Glock barrels that suffered the Kaboom problem was shooting handloads but the other was shooting and all that it had ever shot was winchester white box.

    Sorry Eric W I hadn't realized that this horse had been beaten to death several times. I with draw the question and will make my way to the search engine with head hanging low. :unsure:

    If You Could Have Any Gun What Would It Be?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    When I was a kid I grew up reading Jack O'Conner and Peter Hathaway Capstick sneaking through the jungle on the trail of an Elephant with 90 lb. tusk's or a Cape buffalo that just ravaged a village. Well I have never grown up I still want to do those things but I need to have a rifle worth the trip. That would be a

    Holland & Holland 'Royal DR' (double rifle), in caliber .500/.465 with 26" barrels a quarter Rib, Royal Scroll engraving, double trigger, Oak & Leather / Cover case. I found one used in new condition for $47,000.00 what a beauty.

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