My handloads over the last 7 months, looking for trends

Clark · March 24, 2015, 04:24 PM

Starting in Oct 2014 and ending March 2015 my handloads have been getting shorter.
An alarmist might point out that if this trend continues, within 2 months, the cartridges will be 0" OAL, and I will not be handloading.
An optimist might point out that there is a control loop inside me that will compensate, like a person riding a bicycle keeps it from falling over.

[50 and mostly shot up] 7mmRemMag 140 gr Nos Bal tip moly H4350 [my max] 3.34"
[100] 223 50 gr HNDY Vmax moly 26.5 gr H335 2.4"
[130] 38 special Rem 148 gr LSWC 2.55 gr Bullseye, 1.25"
[250] 7.62x25mm Tokarev 115 gr Missouri coated carbine, 5.8 gr Bullseye, 1.34"
[51] 32 Colt Long [brass made from 32swL brass bought on Gunbroker] 78 gr Rimrock cowboy [backwards]2.55 gr Bullseye 1.193"
[181] 32-20 120 gr Missouri coated 32-20 H110 [my max] 1.55"
[276] 32-20 Speer 98 gr HBWC 2.7 gr Bullseye, 1.36"
[3 and just getting started] 32 S&W Long 98 gr HBWC 1.7 gr Bullseye, 0.974"

Link below same as pic above

griz · March 25, 2015, 12:02 PM

Global warming, it's like putting a sweater in the dryer.

Seriously, how do the coated bullets shoot? I am thinking of trying them.

Clark · March 25, 2015, 12:13 PM

How did you know I was thinking about feedback limiting global warming?

The guys who know a lot about coating are coating their own.
I am just buying coated bullets from Missouri Bullets.
I really like them. I can't get them to foul the barrel, as hot as I can push revolvers or semi handguns.

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McCarthy · March 25, 2015, 12:50 PM

Nothing wrong with the tendency to the .32 S&W long. I just stared loading this round too, with 100gn plated FN and 2.0gn Bullseye.

Love that round: very accurate, cheap to load (3500 rounds out of a pound), quiet, low recoil. A better and reloadable .22 LR so to speak.

griz · March 25, 2015, 02:45 PM

Quote:

How did you know I was thinking about feedback limiting global warming?

The science is settled, everybody knows.

mightyoakwildlife · March 25, 2015, 03:07 PM

[/QUOTE][130] 38 special Rem 148 gr LSWC 2.55 gr Bullseye, 1.25"[QUOTE]

I'm not seeing any LSWC...
Unless they have an astoundingly short "ogive".

JeepHammer · March 25, 2015, 04:46 PM

In my .308 rifle, Molly coated bullets picked up about 150 FPS.
Totally screwed up my ballistic card for the rifle/round I had been using out to 600 yards...

Amazingly LITTLE barrel wear if you use them from scratch in a new barrel, some guys are getting about twice the number of rounds through the barrel before they have to rebarrel.

Don't know if the 'Plastic' or whatever rounds are doing the same, but Molly is the girl!

Clark · March 25, 2015, 06:29 PM

My 44-40 OAL is on such an upswing, it might not feed from the 1873 Win.
Feeding single shot for now.

link below same as pic above

serf 'rett · March 26, 2015, 04:58 PM

Let me know when you've worked you way down to .22LR and .22Short and I'll send you some brass for loading. We'll work out a deal, provided all the delivery trucks are not shut down due to carbon emission regulations...

hooligan1 · March 28, 2015, 05:47 AM

Clark, what will be your next "rifle build"?

Also you seated your bullets upside down on a few of those loads...

Clark · March 29, 2015, 02:02 AM

candidates for 2015 include 6.5-06

hooligan1 · March 29, 2015, 05:58 AM

MAn I really dig my 6.5-06, its twisted 1-8" so I get super results with 140's. Still have to test out to 500 yds, but seems promising.

My 2015 rifle build is another turk mauser, that I picked up cheap. Its going back to IT&D, and be barreled in 6.5 Creedmore.
Man I love that 6.5!!
Good luck with your build man.

March 25, 2015, 12:13 PM	#3
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	How did you know I was thinking about feedback limiting global warming? The guys who know a lot about coating are coating their own. I am just buying coated bullets from Missouri Bullets. I really like them. I can't get them to foul the barrel, as hot as I can push revolvers or semi handguns. . __________________ 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?

March 25, 2015, 03:07 PM	#6
mightyoakwildlife Member Join Date: August 28, 2006 Location: Catskill Mountains of "Upstate New York" Posts: 83	[/QUOTE][130] 38 special Rem 148 gr LSWC 2.55 gr Bullseye, 1.25"[QUOTE] I'm not seeing any LSWC... Unless they have an astoundingly short "ogive". __________________ [email protected]

March 26, 2015, 04:58 PM	#9
serf 'rett Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2009 Location: Stuttgart, AR Posts: 1,569	Let me know when you've worked you way down to .22LR and .22Short and I'll send you some brass for loading. We'll work out a deal, provided all the delivery trucks are not shut down due to carbon emission regulations... __________________ A lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part.

March 28, 2015, 05:47 AM	#10
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,586	Clark, what will be your next "rifle build"? Also you seated your bullets upside down on a few of those loads... __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

March 29, 2015, 02:02 AM	#11
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	candidates for 2015 include 6.5-06 __________________ 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?

March 25, 2015, 12:02 PM	#2
griz Senior Member Join Date: July 31, 2000 Location: Middle Peninsula, VA Posts: 1,588	Global warming, it's like putting a sweater in the dryer. Seriously, how do the coated bullets shoot? I am thinking of trying them.

March 25, 2015, 12:50 PM	#4
McCarthy Junior member Join Date: January 1, 2015 Posts: 312	Nothing wrong with the tendency to the .32 S&W long. I just stared loading this round too, with 100gn plated FN and 2.0gn Bullseye. Love that round: very accurate, cheap to load (3500 rounds out of a pound), quiet, low recoil. A better and reloadable .22 LR so to speak.

March 25, 2015, 04:46 PM	#7
JeepHammer Junior member Join Date: February 27, 2015 Posts: 1,768	In my .308 rifle, Molly coated bullets picked up about 150 FPS. Totally screwed up my ballistic card for the rifle/round I had been using out to 600 yards... Amazingly LITTLE barrel wear if you use them from scratch in a new barrel, some guys are getting about twice the number of rounds through the barrel before they have to rebarrel. Don't know if the 'Plastic' or whatever rounds are doing the same, but Molly is the girl!

March 29, 2015, 05:58 AM	#12
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,586	MAn I really dig my 6.5-06, its twisted 1-8" so I get super results with 140's. Still have to test out to 500 yds, but seems promising. My 2015 rifle build is another turk mauser, that I picked up cheap. Its going back to IT&D, and be barreled in 6.5 Creedmore. Man I love that 6.5!! Good luck with your build man. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.