Ready for the range.

CrustyFN · January 9, 2012, 06:09 PM

I loaded 600 rounds of 223 today.

Roughedge · January 9, 2012, 06:32 PM

Good job , be sure and let us know how they fire when you try them out.

LAH · January 9, 2012, 10:22 PM

Which range? Near Beckley?

GlenF · January 10, 2012, 12:33 AM

That's a lot of work. Or, was that 1 hour on a Dillon 1050?

What press, bullets, powder, primers. Inquiring minds want to know.

CrustyFN · January 10, 2012, 11:18 AM

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Which range? Near Beckley?

No I belong to a club in Marietta Ohio. I'm near Williamstown.

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That's a lot of work. Or, was that 1 hour on a Dillon 1050?

What press, bullets, powder, primers. Inquiring minds want to know.

Not lucky enough to have a 1050 but it wasn't bad. I sized around 650 cases. I sorted them into three groups, primer crimp, need to be sized and ready to load. I had around 20 with primer crimps, 30 that need to be trimmed and 600 ready to load. I size on my Lee classic turret and load on my Dillon 550.
I'm loading with bulk Hornady 55 grain FMJBT, 24 .7 grains of WC-844, Magtech SRP and mixed brass.

I'm shooting a stock Rock River AR with 16" barrel and 1:9 twist. the targets were at 120 yards. I shot a few three shot groups like this.

Five shot group.

And a twenty shot group.

I shot these groups from a rest with just enough time to re-aim and pull the trigger.

serf 'rett · January 10, 2012, 07:47 PM

Let's do the math!

3 shot groups @ 5 groups - 15 rounds
5 shot group - 5 rounds
20 shot group - 20 rounds
Total rounds expended per trip = 40

600 rounds loaded/40 rounds per trip = 15 range trips

In just 14 more trips, you'll have enough brass to load another 600 rounds (less the brass consumed by the grass goblins, plus a few range pickups)

Preceding math is invalid if you happen to like the smell of gunpowder in the morning.

CrustyFN · January 10, 2012, 08:21 PM

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Let's do the math!

3 shot groups @ 5 groups - 15 rounds
5 shot group - 5 rounds
20 shot group - 20 rounds
Total rounds expended per trip = 40

600 rounds loaded/40 rounds per trip = 15 range trips

In just 14 more trips, you'll have enough brass to load another 600 rounds (less the brass consumed by the grass goblins, plus a few range pickups)

Preceding math is invalid if you happen to like the smell of gunpowder in the morning.

Wow putting it like that makes me feel like I need to get out more often.

January 9, 2012, 06:09 PM	#1
CrustyFN Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 2,258	Ready for the range. I loaded 600 rounds of 223 today. __________________ I don't ever remember being absent minded.

January 9, 2012, 06:32 PM	#2
Roughedge Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2011 Location: Monroe,NC Posts: 669	Good job , be sure and let us know how they fire when you try them out. __________________ The man that die's with the most stuff win's!

January 10, 2012, 07:47 PM	#6
serf 'rett Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2009 Location: Stuttgart, AR Posts: 1,569	Let's do the math! 3 shot groups @ 5 groups - 15 rounds 5 shot group - 5 rounds 20 shot group - 20 rounds Total rounds expended per trip = 40 600 rounds loaded/40 rounds per trip = 15 range trips In just 14 more trips, you'll have enough brass to load another 600 rounds (less the brass consumed by the grass goblins, plus a few range pickups) Preceding math is invalid if you happen to like the smell of gunpowder in the morning. __________________ A lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part.

January 9, 2012, 10:22 PM	#3
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Which range? Near Beckley?

January 10, 2012, 12:33 AM	#4
GlenF Member Join Date: April 4, 2011 Location: Monett, Missouri Posts: 98	That's a lot of work. Or, was that 1 hour on a Dillon 1050? What press, bullets, powder, primers. Inquiring minds want to know.