Pgosnell
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17 minutes ago, AHI said:
Bulls Eye is a often over looked powder and usually available.
One of my favorite powders.
Just found some and ordered Sport Pistol...so any load recommendations?
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Thanks for powder heads up, CFE was the only powder available right now, will be looking for Sport Pistol, maybe save the 147 for that.
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No arguing, I appreciate all the help and advice I can get. I went thru a random handful of my range brass and only found one NATO round so far and it was marked with a sharpie, so probably already swaged.
Did not see any other crimped primers in over 100 randoms. Doesn't mean they dont exist, but to get started I'm leaning towards xl750. If we run into too many crimped primer issues we can always sell and upgrade to 1050. Just have heard bad stories about priming station on 1050.
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So this thread went sideways, helpful, but not really focused on my initial question of load recipes
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2 minutes ago, AHI said:
Definitely crimped
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2 minutes ago, AHI said:
Uncrimped? Looks like.
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17 minutes ago, AHI said:
most comes from indoor range . lots of military over runs have been sold the last few years.
Last winchester white box had crimped primers. Rem ,IMI the list goes on.
Could you.post a pic of a crimped primer on 9mm, I sorted thru about 60 randoms and cant identify any that looked crimped. I have googled pics.
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Just now, AHI said:
90% of the 9mm range brass that i receive has crimped primer pockets .
You live near a military base, cause I have inspected mine and haven't seen any yet. Most other folks would agree with me, from my research.
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18 minutes ago, HesedTech said:
If you use range brass lots of it today has crimped primer pockets. However if you sort your head stamps it won’t be an issue.
What do I want to sort out? I cant imagine crimped 9mm brass will be more than 10 percent of the range brass???
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31 minutes ago, HesedTech said:
750 is good, I had the 650 and probably loaded over 20k through it. However, if I had to do it over I would have gone right to the 1050/1100.
Most of your ammo will be used for practice. Typical matches are 200-300 rounds which means your annual match needs are about 2500 rounds and then at minimum double that amount for practice.
It all depends on your desired level of participation. Hey you have an Atlas gun and that ain’t no slouch!
Have a great time and keep searching the forum for help. Someone has probably already had the same issues and needs you will have.
Also looking at 1050 too, read that typically 9mm brass doesn't need swaged
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7 minutes ago, bwswanson said:
I would recommend you start with an OAL of 1.150.
I'm thinking the same, that will be my target start point
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15 minutes ago, HesedTech said:
Have you purchase a press yet?
If not you need the ability to crank out volume of quality ammo. Do not go cheap, buy either the Dillon 1100/1050 or the Mark 7 equivalent. Why? Quality and the ability to swage the pockets.
If you are all in for the sport you’ll need 10-20 thousand rounds a year minimum. Plan accordingly .Normal with TG, 320 or SP and a 147 grain bullet out of a 4.5” or longer barrel 3.2 +- .1 will always make PF.
Search the forum and you’ll find lots of loads and data.
Going with 750, we shoot maybe 9 matches a year right now.
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36 minutes ago, Khaot1c said:
I recommend BOOKS, plural. When picking a starting point, I find it helpful to have 2 or even 3 sources to pull from. I have the Hornady 10th Edition, Lyman's 50th Anniversary , and a Sierra Edition 5, 7th print. You can get a wide array of RECOMMENDATIONS from folks here, but your particular loads will always perform differently due to many different factors.
** My opinion, but not participating at majors isn't really a good reason for NOT using a chrono. If you're investing the money to make your own ammo, why not equip yourself with ALL of the tools necessary? A chrono will tell you more than if you're meeting the rules of a particular division's power factor. While that is important (even at local matches) it's not nearly as helpful as the data you'll gather and use as you increase your reloading knowledge and experience.
The magazines are the Achilles heel of the 2011 platform. You picked some very good ones to run - I have had ZERO issues with my MBX magazines and my Atlas Nemesis. Bullet profile means just as much. Not all round nose is created equally. To that end, I run NOTHING plated anymore. I'll use Blue Bullets, Precision Delta jacketed or Rocky Mountain Reloaders jacketed or Jacket Hollow points. Hornady HAP is another favorite. I also prefer a 125/135 bullet in 9mm. Blue Bullets are good but even they cannot match the repeated precision of a quality jacketed bullet.
Thanks, order one book, will order more
Got any chrono recommendations?
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Powder shortage, couldn't find sport pistol or titegroup right now, found CFE
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New to reloading so be patient
my friend and I are going to start the journey into reloading, both using 9mm minor. We are not competing in major events so chrono is not critical. Looking for softer recoil and accuracy.
both shooting Atlas titans
1. Any recommendations on best reloading book?
recommendations for powder charge on the following....
2. Using Berrys 147 gr. TMJ RN
3. CCI No. 500 primers
4. CFE powder
I know OAL of 1.165 will have some feed issues, bought some fenix ammo 147gr, and I think when the slide moves over the round in the mag the little push it gets caused a few issues. Running MBX mags, not a mag problem. Have no issues running Fed. Syntech red tip or purple tip.
Reloading help for USPSA
in 9mm/38 Caliber
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What should my target velocity be...got a chrono coming