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Took a step back and grabbed the barrel. Looks like 2.142, bullet is just starting to hit the lands

H110 looks to be very close on the chart to 1680 9.2g V=1,046 28,100 psi

1680 - 10.9g max v=1,085 pressure = 32,300 CFE BLK - 12.1g max v=1,060 pressure = 18,200 SAAMI 55,000 COL 2.260

Trying to get 300 BLK set up on my 650, with Accurate 1680. It is not going so well Hodgon website calls for COL of 2.089 with 220gr SIE HPBT. With CFE BLK and H110, it calls for COL of 2.260 To get to 2.089 on a Hornady ELD-X, seating die is literally cranked all the way down, and it's indenting the bullet while seating it. I'm wondering if I'm actually compressing the powder. The the fact that 1680 is so much shorter, seems somewhat odd to me. Where do I go now?

I was playing around with 223 loads, heading towards spending a lot of time at range to perfect the load... What am I doing, 223 is a fun firearm, I don't compete with it, will never do long range, hell I can't see 200 yds, much less shoot 600 But if, my firearm "should" do better with 135 PF, that's an easy fix. I'll load it and test it.

I'm a casual loader, participate in a couple of IDPA's and PPC, nothing super competitive. Was shooting for min IDPA PF, but this thread is indicating I need to bump my powder. Was loading 9mm 125 HAP, with 4.0 of HP38 (have a lot of that). It seemed like the accuracy wasn't there, so I started using 124 Berry thick plate. Accuracy seemed to improve, and in fact it boosted me into a higher PPC category where it's starting to get competitive. Generally, how much faster should I be looking to achieving?

I won't wet tumble... while it gets the brass all pretty, you also have to be concerned with dezincification. Lemishine is highy acidic, and tap water contains chlorine, both of which will leach zinc from the grain boundaries and weakening the cartridge. 50/50 walnut and corn cob with a squirt of new finish makes for nice clean brass. Do you want jewelry, or something to shoot I go back and forth on lubing. I like that it makes the press operate a tad bit smoother, but it also makes a mess over several thousand rounds. Right now, I'm in the not lube phase.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the PRP comp trigger. i went with 3.0 comp on my 5.25 and 3.5 on my wife's occasional 3.8 carry and comp firearm. Also had both barrel's crowned, but still don't understand how that helps... Had one ND as I discovered I developed a bad habit of putting pressure on the trigger between shots. Look at my small grouping with one flyer about 3" low right... yep, that's my embarrassing ND

My PPC 530... missing one hole. If I had hit a 10 with that missing bullet, i would have won a firearm SWMBO is chief score judge, she scored my card. I challenged her missing a double hit hole, and got the over the glasses look with "seriously?". I looked at my card too and didn't see it, Did however win some money with my composite score, woohoo!

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Really? Both are priceless and unobtanium

you're commercially reloading and you don't know which powder is the best value?

Helping a relative get started on reloading {blind leading blinder?}, and sent him to Berry's Looking around they have bullet I hadn't previously seen. http://www.berrysmfg.com/item/bp-9mm-356-124gr-thp Anybody try it?

i bought an M die for the cast lead "experiment". Gone back to jacketed, but still using the M die. It's eliminated the occasional tipped bullet

If I have Powder river do the work, what is a good number to give them. Do I want the 7.5° seer? Stainless steel rod? Crowning barrel, needed?