Hello,
I managed to reload a few CCI Blazer 40gn LR (see the thread where I was looking for bullets).
Seems I can rework the heel of a pulled bullet using an accurizer/hollowpointer tool, and they stay in pretty OK.
Anyway, I need to know if someone might be able to give me some velocities.
The factory load uses a 40gn bullet, case with 3.1gn water capacity, and 1.5gn of a very fast powder. BE would likely be the fastest commercial powder, but this stuff seems just a tad faster.
Stock load runs a factory 1235fps or so with the 1.5gn of powder.
I tried 1.0gn, and it's definitely subsonic, but still a bit loud.
Worked down to 0.5gn, and it was much, much quieter while still shooting just fine. Sounded about like a Red Ryder.
So what I need to know, if anyone has a calculator, is this:
1235fps with 1.5gn CCI powder
??? fps with 1.0gn CCI powder
??? fps with 0.5gn CCI powder
I would think there would be some sort of calculator online someplace that would let me run these numbers using BE as a base powder and graphing it out, but I can't find one.
I don't have a chrono yet. I was planning on that being my next purchase, then I got laid off, so that'll have to wait.
Any help?
Thanks,
Josh