crabo
06-14-2012, 08:56 AM
The last time I loaded plinking ammo for my S&W PC 44 mag, I filled a 30 cal ammo can with them and I just finished them up.
My load is: mixed brass, (for plinkers),
WW large pistol primer,
12 grains of HS6,
H&G 503 lubed with CRed, sized .431. (the alloy was either air cooled or water dropped WWs)
This has consistently given me under 2" at 50 yards, and whenever I would look down my barrel, it would be bright, shiny and clean.
I looked at my primer stash and I had at least 3000 Mag Tech primers. I loaded 200 with the WW primer and 100 with the Mag Tech. I notice that the rounds loaded with the WW primers were more accurate, and they were noticably louder. I know primers can make a big difference in group sizes from previous experiments. The difference in loudness really surprised me. (I check the powder drop regularly.)
When I looked in my barrel at the end of the night, I had leading where I never had any before. I had not cleaned the bore in the last 500 rounds, and it did not need it before this session.
The alloy in my pot right now is 50/50 pure and W/W. I have had great success with that alloy, air cooled, lubed with CRed at 1500 fps in my guide gun.
Any thoughts? I am thinking about cleaning the barrel and shooting a couple hundred of the WW primed load to see what happens with my barrel before I start all over with this load.
My load is: mixed brass, (for plinkers),
WW large pistol primer,
12 grains of HS6,
H&G 503 lubed with CRed, sized .431. (the alloy was either air cooled or water dropped WWs)
This has consistently given me under 2" at 50 yards, and whenever I would look down my barrel, it would be bright, shiny and clean.
I looked at my primer stash and I had at least 3000 Mag Tech primers. I loaded 200 with the WW primer and 100 with the Mag Tech. I notice that the rounds loaded with the WW primers were more accurate, and they were noticably louder. I know primers can make a big difference in group sizes from previous experiments. The difference in loudness really surprised me. (I check the powder drop regularly.)
When I looked in my barrel at the end of the night, I had leading where I never had any before. I had not cleaned the bore in the last 500 rounds, and it did not need it before this session.
The alloy in my pot right now is 50/50 pure and W/W. I have had great success with that alloy, air cooled, lubed with CRed at 1500 fps in my guide gun.
Any thoughts? I am thinking about cleaning the barrel and shooting a couple hundred of the WW primed load to see what happens with my barrel before I start all over with this load.