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armoredman · August 22, 2010, 07:34 PM

Wow, I gave up on anyone answering this one.

That was 19.5 grains of AA#1680 under the Lee 160gr tumble lube boolit, gas checked, wheel weight metal, light Lee Liquid Alox lube, mixed well used brass, Remington 9.5 large rifle primers, COAl 2.20. I tried that same load in the 527, had wide groups, so I loaded up a bunch of testers to use, maybe tomorrow, at 18.5 grains, 19 grains and 19.2 grains.
It's a sloooow load. No chrony, shot the last one to death, never could afford another one, but I could hear the impact on the paper. Just trying to find a plinking load I can afford to cast for, as jacketed bullets are expensive for me right now.
The vz seemed to like cast with no issues, but next trip I'll be shooting about 60 of them, and will pull the gas system apart to check for leading in there.

August 22, 2010, 07:34 PM	#3
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,295	Wow, I gave up on anyone answering this one. That was 19.5 grains of AA#1680 under the Lee 160gr tumble lube boolit, gas checked, wheel weight metal, light Lee Liquid Alox lube, mixed well used brass, Remington 9.5 large rifle primers, COAl 2.20. I tried that same load in the 527, had wide groups, so I loaded up a bunch of testers to use, maybe tomorrow, at 18.5 grains, 19 grains and 19.2 grains. It's a sloooow load. No chrony, shot the last one to death, never could afford another one, but I could hear the impact on the paper. Just trying to find a plinking load I can afford to cast for, as jacketed bullets are expensive for me right now. The vz seemed to like cast with no issues, but next trip I'll be shooting about 60 of them, and will pull the gas system apart to check for leading in there.