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Thread: AA9 for the 218 bee

  1. 05-01-2023, 02:16 PM #1
    bigdog454
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    AA9 for the 218 bee

    Does anyone have any load info for the 218 bee, using a hard cast 44 grGC, or a 55 grGC, with AA9 powder or wc820?

    Thsnks BD.
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  2. 05-01-2023, 03:57 PM #2
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    My 22-30 is same case capacity as 218 Bee... I only used AA1680, With Jacketed .222's, or AA#5...
    and, of course Unique, with cast...
    My Understanding, right or perhaps wrong... was that #9 acted like 296/110... mainly for Higher pressure... so... may should have tried it with Jacketed!!
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  3. 05-01-2023, 07:02 PM #3
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    Hard cast takes up more questions than it answers. If you were using water dropped PC WW alloy I would advise you to use starting loads for jacketed. Hard cast to me means purchased with no idea of what kind of junk lube and fit you have.
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  4. 05-02-2023, 11:07 AM #4
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    What I consider hard cast is boolits cast with linotype or an alloy of equal bhn.
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  5. 05-02-2023, 12:33 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdog454 View Post
    What I consider hard cast is boolits cast with linotype or an alloy of equal bhn.
    I guess I will be Zero Help... Never used truly Hard Cast...
    Sorry
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  6. 05-03-2023, 10:58 AM #6
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    tested my linotype, showed a hardness of 28.5 bhn. now I dont have a full lab to do this test so it may be off a little.
    BD
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  7. 05-07-2023, 11:31 AM #7
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    GRT shows these results with a 58 gr. Lyman 225462 out of a 20" barrel
    10.0 AA#9 2402 fps @40k psi
    9.5 AA#9 2314 fps @35k psi
    9.0 AA#9 2220 fps @31k psi
    8.5 AA#9 2120 fps @27k psi
    8.0 AA#9 2016 fps @23k psi
    7.5 AA#9 1913 fps @20k psi

    At these speeds, I'd be shooting linotype.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check