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Reloaded 50 rounds of 9mm 124gr FMJRN using Ramshot true blue. Its the first time I used this powder and it really meters well and looks like you can use it for many other pistol calibers, so I am excited to see how it performs. If it performs how I expect it too I'll be trying it in other some calibers like 38 & 40 cal. The powder has super fine granules and since I use a Dillon Square deal press it's nice to have a single powder for most of the pistol calibers I want to reload.
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Yes economy of space and supplies means you have to use powders that work well in many calibers! That's part of the reason I like Hodgdon's CFE-Pistol. It wears so damn many hats and quite well at that!
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Finished my test loads today. 40 rounds with the Penn 158 gr coated SWC using CFE-P 7.9 to 8.5 grains. Hope to soon get to the range with the chrono to get the testing done. Just need a day with no rain!
Used the RCBS Chargemaster again. Damn what a difference! Much easier! Much faster! After calibrating the machine I used my little check weights to see how close it was...Right on! I'm impressed because I'd given up electric scales. this seems bug nuts tight!
On the sad side I found a post that said that Bob Palermo the owner of Penn Bullets had died.
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I have started to take a look at what I want to reload this winter and started ordering a few things. IF all goes well should have plenty of 300 BO, 7.5 Swiss, 32 ACP, 38 Special, 357 Magnum, 9mm and 45 ACP loads to do.
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Brick
Yes economy of space and supplies means you have to use powders that work well in many calibers! That's part of the reason I like Hodgdon's CFE-Pistol. It wears so damn many hats and quite well at that!
True its one of the reasons I like Hodgdon H-335 for rifles. It can be used in many different rifle calibers and is super accurate in the 5.56, 762x39, 220, 22-250 just to name a few. In the 220 swift & 22-250 its as accurate as H380.
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guncollector
True its one of the reasons I like Hodgdon H-335 for rifles. It can be used in many different rifle calibers and is super accurate in the 5.56, 762x39, 220, 22-250 just to name a few. In the 220 swift & 22-250 its as accurate as H380.
Agree with the reasoning! I thought I'd found winners in Norma powders. I was using their MRP and 203-B for my rifle work. I t was outstanding and I was getting field test results that outperformed book! Now they don't seem to available in the US anymore. Gotta start all over from scratch.
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I loaded some 223 and 7.62x39.
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loaded quite a few 308: 178 gr BTHP (Hornady 30715)
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Re: What did you reload today?
Mucking around today. Didn't actually reload but set up a bunch of dummies to function test in my CZ 75B Shadow. If I can get them to feed reliably in the CZ they'll work in all my 9s including the S&W revolver.
For now using Berry 124 gr. Set at a nominal 1.140" OAL and a factory duplicating crimp all fed from magazine hand racking the slide just fine. No to load up a batch and test fire them. Think I'll use the Ginex primers and make sure they work in Semi and revolver too. Wish me luck!