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BKS
03-20-2021, 09:31 PM
I bought some Xtreme 325gr plated bullets to load for my desert Eagle in 50AE. Im a dummy and thought they were 335gr, guess I was being overly cautious and dumb with my previous post.
I shot some of the 28.0 loads today which is 1.0gr below Hodgdon's start load. 1% is 3/4gr roughly so I think these will be ok until I load the next ones, which will be at 29.0grs.

Minerat
03-20-2021, 11:00 PM
It should be throwing the brass over your head and about 5-10 feet behind you. It surprises me it will eject if it only dumps the brass at your feet. I stand about 5 feet in front of my trucks tailgate and use the bed as a brass catcher when shooting mine.

I use 29.0 gr H4227 with a 335 gr bullet which is a little above book but that is the only load that effectively ejects every time. My primers are very similar to the one on the right maybe even a little more flattened.

Be careful on downloading h110 below recommended starting loads.

Conditor22
03-21-2021, 12:40 AM
Caliber BULLET WEIGHT OAL ALLOY
50 AE NOE---340--------------1.551---- 10-1
POWDER MIN GR MIN VEL MAX GR MAX VEL
2400------ 20---- -1027 --------23 -------1261
IMR-4227 24.5--------1034 -------27.8+------1239
H-110 23.5--------1039 -------27----------1235---- 28 this load is +P
1680 ------29.5 --------995-------------33.8+-------1212

BKS
03-21-2021, 01:35 PM
Thanks for the replies. I corrected my original post.