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Only if your powder charge is half the maximum charge weight in grains. Otherwise, you'll probably blow the case heads off and endanger the poor sucker RO standing next to you.
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3 hours ago, obsessiveshooter said:
I recieved my 125gr 9mm shipment. You are correct, it is not the same coating as Precision bullets. It does look to be very consistent. I weighed 11 bullets and 9 were 128gr, one 126gr , and another 130gr.
Their bullet profile isnt ideal for loading long.(see pic). My SAR9 has the shortest throat of my 9mm pistols, and for the rounds to plunk and spin I was at 1.05". I haven't shot them yet, but it sounds like they will be fine, from your experience. I just dont want any more leading like I got from Brazos bullets. What a chore to clean.
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Yeah that's their bullets alright. ^
If you're having issues with a short/tight chambered 9mm firearm, then try their 9mm RNFPBB 125gr "CRB" bullet. It was literally designed specifically for that issue. It actually says that on their website. I ordered the nose design you have. No problems at all. The price is only $1.00 more per 2,000 qty. @ $131.00 for the "CRB" RNFPBB ones.
I weighed 40-50 of mine and they were all 128.1 grains to 128.7 grains, with most of them within only four tenths of a grain, when the advertised weight is 125 grains. I will try the 135 grain ones next time for my revolvers.
I just shipped them my own NLG rifle bullets to have J-Ames BULLETS® coat with their coating. Looking forward to getting those back.
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Bull barrels in Limited Class pistols are for recoil control. There's one company I know of that makes one out of heavy tungsten. Expensive too.
There IS a competitive advantage, that's why they're not allowed in those other classes.
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Sounds like you're using nickel plated cases. They're thicker and more rigid/stiff
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The amount of drag your cases have in and out of your extractor should be tensioned based on the recoil spring pounds. Those two go together hand-in-hand. The heavier the spring, the more tension you can put on it. Otherwise too much tension with a 10 pound spring, you will probably have feeding and malfunction issues during firing. And also your case head stamps all being different may contribute to malfunctioning in that area.
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8 hours ago, Superkaratemonkeyfighter said:
But I bet that with coated lead the majority of people use .401. Could be wrong.
Excluding the “ its good enough accuracy for me people “
They do. But it depends on the actual diameter the manufacture's sizing die produces. Slug test your barrel with a pure lead slug.
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12 minutes ago, Dogface55 said:
Question... I have a Buckmark .22 the barrel doesn't seem to have any rifling. Is that normal or?? Thanks
The rifling is very shallow, but it's there. All of the Browning Buckmark barrels are very accurate barrels too. You do not need an aftermarket barrel, unless you want a drop-in threaded barrel with a compensator (which are ridiculously over-priced, in my opinion.)
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The 5" light aluminum sleeved barrel one with a weaver rail is what I just bought. They're hard to find but very reliable. The barrel has shallow fluting and it's super fast to shoot. Much easier to clean than the older Ruger Mark 1 and 2 versions. But they don't like CCI tactical ammo due to the lightly stepped bullet ogive design that ammo has.
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The Lee push through die works well, but you can make one of those on a lathe with tool steel and case harden it. Screw it into your single stage press and the way you go. Just make sure it's polished internally.
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Your choice requires a barrel rifling slug test. Let us know the measurement in thousands and tenths measured with a 0-1 micrometer and I'll let you know what diameter you need.
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In my opinion, when your time for your reloading and shooting becomes greater than the time you spend with your wife, then a bullet feeder is a much needed accoutrement.
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Just now, edison said:
I agree. If you go onto castboolits forum they commonly advocate .358 casts for 9mm if it'll chamber.
Just now, edison said:I agree. If you go onto castboolits forum they commonly advocate .358 casts for 9mm if it'll chamber.
Just now, edison said:I agree. If you go onto castboolits forum they commonly advocate .358 casts for 9mm if it'll chamber.
I didn't come here to correct anyone. I came to share my experience. I made that clear in my last post.
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My hands have too much arthritis these days to operate hand casting molds very much, so for the first time in my entire life I have been experimenting with five brands of polymer coated lead bullets. I talked by email with the J-Ames BULLETS® company before buying anything. They are actually a firearms FFL and they are also a manufacturer of specialty polymer coatings, among other things. Ones that are heavily used in the military and in NASA. The guys there are very knowledgable and have a highly technical background. I can definitely relate to that.
I bought 500 each of their 9mm, 40 and 45 bullets around 14 days ago. Their coating is NOT anything any other company uses. It's their own proprietary coating and it is VERY obvious when you look at the bullets IRL. I compared them to the Precision Bullets soft swaged ones from Texas and the coating is completely different. I don't know exactly what it is just yet, but it's thin, consistent and absolutely perfect looking without any visual imperfections. I can't say that about any other coated bullet I've seen IRL that I've bought or seen other shooters use. Their coating actually looks more like a chemical reaction on the lead more than a built up polymer. But it DOES NOT come off when it's fired at high speed, I know that. I dug them bullets outa my sand hill and that coating is still on the bullet everywhere. It's quite tuff and durable or flexible.
I fired all of the 9mm ones through two different PCC firearms with 18" long barrels and seven port compensators and the rest through Glock factory pistols and they performed very well, with tight sub .32 groups in the PCC rifles and tight bullseye gun worthy groups in my pistols, I might add. All fired at major USPSA allowed power factor. No leading at all. No bullet fouling.
I love that amazing coating so much that I asked them if they could coat my own NLG cast rifle bullets with their coating and they actually gave me a price for that service. They said they have at least 11 more bullets to add to their product line in the future, and four of them are rifle bullets. I am really looking forward to trying those!!
I'm working on results from the other bullets I bought. I'll post about other bullets brands as soon as time permits.
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4 hours ago, HesedTech said:
I see you haven’t posted here very much. What you need to do is search this forum about .358 and I think you will find many are using that size quite successfully in their guns. Guns that are neither heavily worn or oversized.
Coated lead can be shot quite well in a variety of diameters in 9mm.
There’s a lot of experience here on BE forum, so use the search feature and take advantage of it.
After shooting for 43 years, reloading for 38 of those and being a gunsmith for 34 of those, I think my wealth of knowledge and life experience speaks for itself. But you're welcome to follow what others advise you to do and chime in on my commentary all you want
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.358 is way too large. .358 is for heavily worn or oversized barrels, which is very rare. You need a smaller diameter based on a barrel slug test. Resize those bullets.
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HP-38 and Accurate #2
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Those are low quality bullets that lead up barrels. You shouldn't have to flare very much at all if the coating is tough enough. I would start with a higher quality bullet for one. And you need a push through case sizing die. Your spent range brass being kaput doesn't help without proper re-sizing.
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I don't like Blue Bullets cause they lead up my compensators and their coating is a teflon PTFE toxic carcinogen coating that was made for bolt fastener threads. That blue coating was developed and manufactured by a company that primarily sells it to oil drilling exploration and petroleum fuel processing plants . That stuff was banned for use on human food consumption cookware for a reason. Cause it's a deadly outgassing carcinogen that when it's heated or outgassed and then inhaled, the carcinogenic particulates never leave your body. Much like radioactive particles do. And if you use that coated bullet in a revolver, there's a helluva lot more airborne particles coming from the front forcing cone blow-out discharge than what comes from the muzzle of a semi-auto firearm.
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You can buy 147 grain bullets and make major more easily with less propellant. It's the only way to go with a 9X19 cartridge and meet USPSA PF requirements so easily.
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I posted only about electroplated bullets only. RMR swaged FMJ or JHP bullets are far more precision made, but far more expensive too. The only issues I've had with those from that company is that the diameter was either too small or too large for my slugged barrel major groove diameter.
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That's a direct result of your reloading expander die. You need to shorten or taper the end of it. That's a common issue, especially with 45ACP cases.
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I don't have good luck with plated bullets in general for one reason.
The plating isn't consistent in thickness when it's fresh electroplated. They literally force burnish the rough electroplating down with a micro peening process that utilizes millions of stainless steel balls and burnishing liquid agent and that forces the copper plating to be thick and thin over the entire surface area which contributes to an inconsistent overall projectile balance when firing, especially at longer distances.
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Shooting over a berm is a DQ. If you hit a wall that is unavoidable and is beyond the direct line of target sight , thats not a DQ
45 ACP Crimp OD?
in 44/45 Caliber
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I always crimp just enough that the crimped case mouth is only around .0005 smaller than the O.D measurement .070 below that.