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Clark · June 19, 2011, 12:10 AM

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With 147 gr JHP 1.159" 8.4 gr and 8.5 gr 3N37 get case bulges with the typical RP primed brass and Kel -Tec P11 barrel with .16" feed ramp intrusion.

I have the brass, that experiment was in 2002, and I don't feel like digging it out. Seen one case bulge, you seen them all. Guppy belly.

June 19, 2011, 12:10 AM	#20
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	CAUTION: The following post includes loading data beyond currently published maximums for this cartridge. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Neither the writer, The Firing Line, nor the staff of TFL assume any liability for any damage or injury resulting from use of this information. With 147 gr JHP 1.159" 8.4 gr and 8.5 gr 3N37 get case bulges with the typical RP primed brass and Kel -Tec P11 barrel with .16" feed ramp intrusion. I have the brass, that experiment was in 2002, and I don't feel like digging it out. Seen one case bulge, you seen them all. Guppy belly. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?