enfieldphile
09-08-2008, 11:17 PM
Gentlemen:
The combination of the LEE 228 grain RN, 2-lube groove boolit, and a taper crimp die got my EAA Witness Match .45 feeding and shooting quite well!
The Boolit is lubed w/ 50/50 lube. I have been filing both grooves w/ lube.
The load is 5.6 of HERCO, assembled on a LEE Classic Cast Turret Press, Pro Autodisk powder measurew/ riser tube, 4- die LEE die set ( a LEE Taper Crimp die has bee substituted for the LEE carbide/crimp die)
The EAA Witness Match .45 has one of the smoothest barrels I have ever seen on a .45. There are zero tool marks in the barrel, it's just mirror bright.
After 200 rounds; the barrel interior was perfectly clean, not even any powder residue. However, the feed ramp had quite a bit of bullet lube, also the follower & sides of the magazines had a sticky lube coating. Recovered brass had a sticky lube coat too.
Should I reduce the amount of lube to just the bottom lube groove? Might reducing the amount of lube by 50% induce leading, or cause a reduction in accuracy?
10 shots off the bench
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0890.jpg
10 shots off-hand
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0870.jpg
EAA Witness/Tanfoglio .45acp Match http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0853.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0856.jpg
The combination of the LEE 228 grain RN, 2-lube groove boolit, and a taper crimp die got my EAA Witness Match .45 feeding and shooting quite well!
The Boolit is lubed w/ 50/50 lube. I have been filing both grooves w/ lube.
The load is 5.6 of HERCO, assembled on a LEE Classic Cast Turret Press, Pro Autodisk powder measurew/ riser tube, 4- die LEE die set ( a LEE Taper Crimp die has bee substituted for the LEE carbide/crimp die)
The EAA Witness Match .45 has one of the smoothest barrels I have ever seen on a .45. There are zero tool marks in the barrel, it's just mirror bright.
After 200 rounds; the barrel interior was perfectly clean, not even any powder residue. However, the feed ramp had quite a bit of bullet lube, also the follower & sides of the magazines had a sticky lube coating. Recovered brass had a sticky lube coat too.
Should I reduce the amount of lube to just the bottom lube groove? Might reducing the amount of lube by 50% induce leading, or cause a reduction in accuracy?
10 shots off the bench
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0890.jpg
10 shots off-hand
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0870.jpg
EAA Witness/Tanfoglio .45acp Match http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0853.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/ultramag44/100_0856.jpg