Z32MadMan Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Someone had a chrono out after a local match and I jumped on the chance to finally test my 147gr Solo load. Here is what I came up with Load: BBI 147gr moly Mixed brass Magtech SPP Solo 1000 3.4gr OAL 1.145" Pistol: Sig P226 4.25" 9 rounds: 857, 855, 848, 851, 862, 849, 863, 847, 855 Average 854fps Power factor: 125.5 Looks like I need to bump it up a tenth, but overall I'm very excited to see how consistent these rounds are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Looks like I need to bump it up a tenth, but overall I'm very excited to see how consistent these rounds are. Thanks for the data, I'm getting ready to build a similar load here over the Winter. You're going to have to bump it more than a tenth if you want to avoid problems. First off, a tenth is within the variation of the powder measure so bumping it a tenth means that some of the charges will be what you're getting now, and that's too low since some (a third of them) were sub-Minor. If you have no plans of shooting at maches where they chronograph it may not matter to you, but if you have any plans along those lines you're going to have to bump that load until it's in the 133+PF range to be safe. Sub-Minor means you shoot for no score so it's way more important than making Major where at least you still get scored. Last year at Nationals I went 166.1PF with a load (new brass, careful loading etc) from a batch that had gone 172-174PF at a couple of major matches and always ran well over 170PF in my own testing....that was no fun to be that close. If I'd had a load that was normally 170ish I may not have made it even with a second three rounds. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I shoot for 135. After watching guys sweat it out at a major match during chrono I pretend 130 is minimum pf. It is not worth the hassle especially in production with minor loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewski Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Someone had a chrono out after a local match and I jumped on the chance to finally test my 147gr Solo load.Here is what I came up with Load: BBI 147gr moly Mixed brass Magtech SPP Solo 1000 3.4gr OAL 1.145" Pistol: Sig P226 4.25" 9 rounds: 857, 855, 848, 851, 862, 849, 863, 847, 855 Average 854fps Power factor: 125.5 Looks like I need to bump it up a tenth, but overall I'm very excited to see how consistent these rounds are. That sounds about right. 3.5 gr of Solo 1000 under a 147 LTC bullet gets me about a 128 PF out of my M&P. I've never shot at a match where they chrono, but if I was going to, I'd bump it up to 3.6 gn just to be sure. I just heard a horror story about getting DQed at the S&W winter nationals for chronoing 123 PF . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWard Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I load 3.5gr of Solo under a BBI/Bear Creek 147gr Moly, from a 5" M&P, mixed brass, Wolf SPMag primers. They all ran just under 900 fps, between 885 and 895. Right about 130PF... Perfect. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I load 3.5gr of Solo under a BBI/Bear Creek 147gr Moly, from a 5" M&P, mixed brass, Wolf SPMag primers.They all ran just under 900 fps, between 885 and 895. Right about 130PF... Perfect. Jeff This post is useless without an OAL of the reload. Some powders it won't matter as much. I've found case volume is a contributing factor with Solo 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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