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Guy B. Meredith · February 1, 2002, 01:36 PM

Thanks for the comments, gentlemen. I am using West Coast Bullet copper plated bullets. Copper plated bullets seem to fall somewhere between lead and jacketed and West Coast supposedly has heavy plating so they may fall closer to jacketed.

Anyway, trying to go from load table to acuality and chrono/pressure indications is not straight forward. I find that I am using much heavier loads than lead and sometimes even jacketed to get the same velocity. I do not have ejection problems or primer deformation that would indicate danerously high pressures, but it is worrisome to be loading in the larger amounts of powder--and it costs more.

I do understand that my components affect the overall figures as well. I've loaded thousands of safe effective rounds, but that has always been pretty much a load copied from others. Now I want to move into new territory and don't necessarily feel I have all the information I need for that.

February 1, 2002, 01:36 PM	#4
Guy B. Meredith Senior Member Join Date: August 29, 1999 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 1,581	Thanks for the comments, gentlemen. I am using West Coast Bullet copper plated bullets. Copper plated bullets seem to fall somewhere between lead and jacketed and West Coast supposedly has heavy plating so they may fall closer to jacketed. Anyway, trying to go from load table to acuality and chrono/pressure indications is not straight forward. I find that I am using much heavier loads than lead and sometimes even jacketed to get the same velocity. I do not have ejection problems or primer deformation that would indicate danerously high pressures, but it is worrisome to be loading in the larger amounts of powder--and it costs more. I do understand that my components affect the overall figures as well. I've loaded thousands of safe effective rounds, but that has always been pretty much a load copied from others. Now I want to move into new territory and don't necessarily feel I have all the information I need for that.