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Nordeste · May 8, 2014, 08:45 PM

Salut, Wigz. Unfortunately, as all the folks here have told you, it will be kind of difficult to get some loading data help from American shooters, since the Vectan brand is not usually imported into the US. They have, however, a wider range of powder choices than we do in Europe.

Your primers look OK to me. So do your cases except for that indentation in the three of them (recoil spring related?). The blackening looks more like it could be due to little or no tumbling and/or lack of light in the photos. I concur with Unclenick in that the crater could be due to the firing pin hole. My Beretta 92 FS does that with every cartridge I feed into her and I'm pretty sure I'm not using overpressure rounds.

Sadly enough (and you're probably aware of this), Vectan powders differ quite a bit on their burn rate from batch to batch. We've had serious issues with that and the BA-9 over here. I know BA-9 is also suitable for .45 ACP, but most of the guys who shoot .45 in Spain seem to prefer the faster BA-10 over the BA-9. It looks like this fast powder works well in the .45. Something to be considered, perhaps

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May 8, 2014, 08:45 PM	#14
Nordeste Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2011 Location: Asturias, Spain Posts: 328	Salut, Wigz. Unfortunately, as all the folks here have told you, it will be kind of difficult to get some loading data help from American shooters, since the Vectan brand is not usually imported into the US. They have, however, a wider range of powder choices than we do in Europe. Your primers look OK to me. So do your cases except for that indentation in the three of them (recoil spring related?). The blackening looks more like it could be due to little or no tumbling and/or lack of light in the photos. I concur with Unclenick in that the crater could be due to the firing pin hole. My Beretta 92 FS does that with every cartridge I feed into her and I'm pretty sure I'm not using overpressure rounds. Sadly enough (and you're probably aware of this), Vectan powders differ quite a bit on their burn rate from batch to batch. We've had serious issues with that and the BA-9 over here. I know BA-9 is also suitable for .45 ACP, but most of the guys who shoot .45 in Spain seem to prefer the faster BA-10 over the BA-9. It looks like this fast powder works well in the .45. Something to be considered, perhaps .