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February 26, 2013, 03:38 PM | #27 |
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Sevens,
No, it went like this: I stumbled across an 8 LB keg of Unique on Natchez. I wasn't sure that I really wanted that much, but considering they were saying that it was taking them 8-10 business days to process an order, I figured that I would place the order and cancel it if I got lucky locally on a smaller quantity. It turned out that a local reloading supply store had some Unique stashed under their counter, out of customer sight. The owner graciously sold me what I needed. At that point I thought the right thing to do was to call Natchez and cancel my order. I didn't need the powder and many other fellow reloaders did. I called them the next day, a mere 24 hours after the order was placed. I was 33 in the queue and waited my turn. When the rep came on the line he told me that the order was placed and in the queue for processing and that there was nothing that he could do. They went from "oh my God it will take me 8-10 business days to process your order" to "Ha Ha I have your money now." I feel blessed that I have so much powder. I do however feel like a hoarder, no matter how unintentional. My wife is suggesting that I keep it, but I would probably share some with someone in need.
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February 27, 2013, 06:47 PM | #28 |
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I tested the following and found that there is little difference in velocity between a Winchester small pistol primer and small pistol magnum primers from CCI, Federal and Winchester:
Factory Ammo - Remington UMC 125 gr JHP Average 1353 Winchester Small Pistol -- 7.2 gr -- Average 1321 fps CCI Small Pistol Mag -- 7.2 gr -- Average 1333 fps Winchester Small Pistol Mag --7.2 gr -- Average 1325 fps Federal Small Pistol Mag -- 7.2 gr -- Average 1351 fps Winchester Small Pistol -- 7.6 gr -- Average 1357 fps CCI Small Pistol Mag -- 7.6 gr -- Average 1376 fps Winchester Small Pistol Mag --7.6 gr -- Average 1388 fps Federal Small Pistol Mag -- 7.6 gr -- Average 1391 fps Winchester Small Pistol -- 7.9 gr -- Average 1395 fps CCI Small Pistol Mag -- 7.9 gr -- Average 1406 fps Winchester Small Pistol Mag --7.9 gr --Average 1383 fps Federal Small Pistol Mag -- 7.9 gr -- Average 1407 fps I didn't notice any flattened primers. Haven't measured the cases yet.
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March 2, 2013, 02:37 AM | #29 |
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I noticed this while going over the spent cases (see attachment). 2 of the rounds that were loaded with the max load, 7.9 gr of Unique with a CCI 550 small pistol magnum primer have cracked cases. Need to test the accuracy of the different loads but I figure I will end up staying somewhere around 7.4 - 7.6 grains and use whatever small pistol primer that I have available.
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March 2, 2013, 10:38 PM | #30 |
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Settled on 7.5 grains of Unique with a SPM primer. Excellent accuracy at 25 yards and chrono at 1415 or so. I need a new project now
Thanks again for all of the comments.
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