January 8, 2000, 11:17 PM | #1 |
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Earlier this week, I picked up a Lee Anniversary Kit, and 9mm and 10mm carbide dies. Hey, we all gotta start somewhere.
I cooked up 100 9mm and 100 10mm over the course of the week. Today, I took my fresh-and-minty ammo to the range, fully expecting to leave minus a hand or two, even though I loaded light and made damn sure of my specs. The guns were my Glock 20 and 26. The ammo: 9mm: Speer 115gr FMJ over 4.5gr Bullseye, once-fired Remington brass. 10mm: Speer 155gr FMJ over 6.1gr Bullseye, once-fired Federal brass. The results: 9mm: no failures to feed, chamber, extract, or eject. One dud primer. 2" group at offhand 25'. 10mm: no failures, period. 2.5" group at offhand 25'. Recoil-wise, the G20 felt like the G26, and the G26 felt like a .22. No signs of overpressure. No case bulging, primer backout, nothing. All in all, a damn good day at the range. ------------------ "If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance." -- Samuel Johnson |
January 9, 2000, 01:57 AM | #2 |
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Well done!
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January 9, 2000, 07:06 AM | #3 |
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Kind of makes up for the earlier headache huh! Mucho better than Tylonol.
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January 10, 2000, 03:48 AM | #4 |
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Now try to load like Corbon does...
or try to get smaller groups. Home cooking is more addictive than crack. I had to stop. ------------------ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud |
January 10, 2000, 10:40 AM | #5 |
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Good cooking, Coinneach! I, too, am going to start loading 10mm, think Accurate Arms powder #7 or #9 will give full house loads.
I already am seasoned having loaded beaucoup 45 ACP, 223, 38 Super! Good luck on your handloading and welcome to the home cooking club! ------------------ Be mentally deliberate but muscularly fast. Aim for just above the belt buckle Wyatt Earp "It is error alone that needs government support; truth can stand by itself." Tom Jefferson If you have to shoot a man, shoot him in the guts, it may not kill him... sometimes they die slow, but it'll paralyze his brain and arm and the fight is all but over Wild Bill Hickok Remember: When you attempt to rationalize two inconsistent positions, you risk drowning as your own sewage backs up. 45 ACP: Give 'em a new navel! BigG |
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