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Deprimed and sized 440 rounds of 9mm and then tumbled about 500 rounds of 9mm.
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Loaded up some 140gr Hornady FTX in 357 for the lever guns using H-110 we'll see how this powder does vs Blue Dot. One of these days I'll have to try the leverlution powder whenever that unicorn riding leprechaun delivery guy drops it on my doorstep.
Small pistol magnum, I use the CCI 41's for rifle rounds requiring magnums.I've got a few #s of H110 that I got for .30 Carbine, problem is I don't have small rifle magnum primers. Or Sm pistol magnum either. what did you use?
Small pistol magnum, I use the CCI 41's for rifle rounds requiring magnums.
well if you were closer I could help ya out a lil. I edited the post you quoted if you ever try the FTX bullets.Yeah, good luck finding anything like those huh? I've been using Unique in the lever action .357 mag and it does fine. But I only have a partial bottle. I've got plenty of other stuff to load and shoot though.
well if you were closer I could help ya out a lil. I edited the post you quoted if you ever try the FTX bullets.
I've been using H110 in 5.7 Johnson (.30 Carbine necked down to .22 caliber) and .30 Carbine for years. And even though the manuals say you need a magnum primer I've never had a problem using standard small rifle primers. Burns clean, accurate enough, and no failures or malfunctions to date. Not caused by other issues. I just shot up a bunch of the 5.7 Johnson (12 grains H110 and 40 grain bullets) last month and they all worked as advertised. Load up 15 or so and give it a shot.I've got a few #s of H110 that I got for .30 Carbine, problem is I don't have small rifle magnum primers. Or Sm pistol magnum either. what did you use?
I've been using H110 in 5.7 Johnson (.30 Carbine necked down to .22 caliber) and .30 Carbine for years. And even though the manuals say you need a magnum primer I've never had a problem using standard small rifle primers. Burns clean, accurate enough, and no failures or malfunctions to date. Not caused by other issues. I just shot up a bunch of the 5.7 Johnson (12 grains H110 and 40 grain bullets) last month and they all worked as advertised. Load up 15 or so and give it a shot.
And today I loaded a box of .32 H&R Magnum with 4.5 grains of AA#5, Hornady 100 grain hollow point, with a Winchester small pistol primer, seated and crimped to the top of the cannelure on the bullet. The window on that charge is tight, 4.4 grains to 5 grains maximum in the Hornady book.
Nothing "hard up" about it. I've been shooting that load for more than 25 years and it works as well as factory ammunition. "Hard up?" Really?If I was hard up for .30 Carbine hand loads I could see trying that. I'm not hard up though. I still have about 300 rnds of Armscor to shoot. I don't shoot the gun much with all the others I have to play with. If I reeeally needed SRM I could probably beg/borrow/trade or buy some from a member.
I've had good luck with CFE Pistol with varied 115g projectiles. I settled on 5.4g @ 1.100 oalToday I loaded 9mm, 115gr, Berry's plated rounds with CFE pistol for the first time with that powder. Loaded 20 rounds each at 4.9 - 5.1 - 5.3 - 5.5 - 5.7 grains, OAL of 1.130. Hope to shoot them next week with a CZ P10f, looking for plinking rounds with that powder at 115 grain.
I found that CFE pistol at 4.2 grains and a 147 grain Berry's is a good round in my CZ, now trying to find a powder weight for the lighter projectiles.
You can use standard small rifle primers in the 30 Carbine. They are hot enough to light off a full case of H-110/W-296. The general rule is to use magnum primers for these powders and some like to use the small pistol magnums for the 30 Carbine. Due to the high pressure of the carbine round and the lighter construction of the pistol primers there can be a risk of pierced primers.I guess I missed where I was supposed to use magnum primers in the .30 carbine with H110 powder. I've been loading it with standard powder for the last 30+ years, seems to work fine.
I haven't always used H110 though; at times I've used Accurate #9, 2400, and LOTS of surplus WC820.
Yeah. I said I'M not hard up for .30 carbine ammo. I'M not desperate. I have .30 carbine ammo. I could certainly find some SRM primers if I decided to load for it and follow the data in the two books I use.Nothing "hard up" about it. I've been shooting that load for more than 25 years and it works as well as factory ammunition. "Hard up?" Really?
In my experience (my brother loaded some many years ago before he learned better) small pistol primers in .30 Carbine or similar cartridges is a disaster. 100% pierced primers and a new firing pin after less than 100 rounds. He loaded them, he wasn't going to knock them down an do it again. In low pressure loads for .22 Hornet it seems to work, in high pressure loads not so much. While small pistol magnum primers are thought to have a thicker cup this article says different. I myself avoid using pistol primers in rifle cartridges period. I have used standard small rifle primers in .38 Super and 7.62x25 yet found no advantage as I wasn't "pushing the envelope" on any of my loads.You can use standard small rifle primers in the 30 Carbine. They are hot enough to light off a full case of H-110/W-296. The general rule is to use magnum primers for these powders and some like to use the small pistol magnums for the 30 Carbine. Due to the high pressure of the carbine round and the lighter construction of the pistol primers there can be a risk of pierced primers.
A person doesn't have to be "hard up" to make their own ammunition. I make it because I like to and it's cheaper than buying factory ammunition. Especially these days. The only factory ammunition I've bought in the last 15 years has been .22LR, shotgun, and a couple boxes of .25ACP. Which I now reload for. I load for 22 different calibers and have been reloading for about 45 years. Any factory ammunition I have is for emergencies and has been sitting in it's original crate or box. However back to the issue, H110 doesn't always need a magnum primer. It's recommended in many of the manuals but after firing a few thousand rounds without a magnum primer in my experience it's not necessary in .30 Carbine.Yeah. I said I'M not hard up for .30 carbine ammo. I'M not desperate. I have .30 carbine ammo. I could certainly find some SRM primers if I decided to load for it and follow the data in the two books I use.
My hard up statement was for me personally. No need to take offence because I'm following one of the basic rules of hand loading? Every thing I've read about powders such as 2400 and H-110, at least in hand gun rounds, recommend mag primers for these powders. Being quite new to higher pressure long gun rounds I'm just following directions.
Thanks for that @oremike . And @CLT65 . I wasn't worried about blowing anything up moving away from the data on this. More like, getting poor ignition and/or terrible performance.
Well then, you and I have several things in common. The "Zen" thing, the mechanical back ground, and my wife of 44 years was blond when we met. With green eyes. I assist in the cooking and yard maintenance but that's not my favorite pastime. However I watch the bats as they drop from our eaves as we usually have three or four pairs that nest up there each year. But I pretty much stopped working on the car when it became computerized and I had to jack the bloody thing up and remove a pan to even change the oil and filter. And then crawling around on the ground isn't as much fun as it used to be.I don't make my own because I'm hard up. It's more of a Zen thing. I have a mechanical background. Change my own oil and do what work I can on my vehicles. It follows that I would like loading my own. I've always been partial to blondes. I cook and garden, and like sitting at the end of the dock a dusk and watching the bats fly.