APS450 is the current replacement for AP50. And APS650 will replace AP70. Apparently this year.
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APS450 is the current replacement for AP50. And APS650 will replace AP70. Apparently this year.
Sadly i don't shoot enough to need the new APS range yet, i have a few kg each of 70 and 100. By the time i need it, people will have worked out loads.
Same here. I have enough AP 50,70 and 100 to last a few years.
Add to that the 10Kg of AP-90
and just bought an 18Kg keg of Win Autocomp.
Picked it up a few years ago from Peter Dawson of Boxtrade.
He got it from a deceased estate.
Brilliant 9mm powder. I used it for 40S&W back in the day.
Nice score, Peter is a good bloke.
That's a lot of 9mm loads right there!
Where did you get the autocomp from?
They got any drums left?
Yep in sig.
I will continue in the thread hijack and ask this question. How do you store your powder? I ask because I was reading an article recently about powder storage and groups opening up. It was written by Glen Zediker noted competition shooter in rifle and author of several books on loading ammo and competition shooting. Granted, he is shooting distances with his rifle where it really really matters. If it is another 1/4" at 100 yards at 600 yards it might cost him a match.
I have quantities of powder stored and it seems that that as long as it is sealed as it came from the factory it will keep for years. But once you open it it may be much much less. The groups opening up, as I understand it, is because of a change in the velocity spread as the powder absorbs moisture and generally erodes due to oxidation.
Anyone ever experienced changes due to old opened powder?
Have you seen JCL's Pulver-ised Tac 5? Sweet looking gun.
Avenger. All mine is stored indoors in original containers.
I have some Win 748 going back to 1994. It still shoots fine in my 308.
Same with ADI AP-90 1993 dated and loaded in 9mm, evil Jihadi cardboard targets stand no chance...lol
Yeah it looks awesome.
A friend bought his other Pulver with a tungsten sleeved barrel and steel grip and I want to do the same now. It was a massive difference in recoil between it and my gun with the same loads.
I store my powder in the house in the original containers too. I worry the moisture in my shed might not be ideal for it and it seems like my wife always has the heater on inside.
Mine is kept in my shed, but in sealed containers, never worried about moisture getting in, they are sealed, never had issues, hopefully never will.
OK since I have taken us this far off subject I'll ask another question. Do you store your primers in the same conditions you store your powder in? Zediker said that they are even more subject to the conditions of storage since they are not sealed.
Personally, i store them in the same conditions, never had any issues. I live in Brisbane, AU, we are known for hot humid summers, humidity is always there. I just leave them in the packets they came in. I get a few that sit in the primer hopper in my lee 1000 between reloading sessions, i can't remember the last time i had a dead primer.
Same... the cartons of 5K are stacked on the floor. packs of 1K are on the shelf.
Primer tubes on the dillons always have primers in them.
I got my magma care package today.
The sizing die has heaps of holes in it for old school lube. Will I still be able to use it?
My last one had no holes.
Dan.
Get onto Lathesmith here on this forum.
His Magma style sizing dies are brilliant. They are all We use. No holes and perfectly made.
Ask him for the Short type. the same he makes for Susan Island Bullets and Gateway bullets.