soft ball load

mec · August 26, 2002, 12:24 PM

Just tried some Speer .452-230 grain lead /molylubed bullets over 5.8 Unique. They do 788 fps with 65 fps spread over five rounds and seem to be a bit more accurate than hardball. This charge tends to send some 230s into the low -middle 800 fps range but this one is about like the old pre-war WW target ball load for velocity.
Speer Manual says to seat to C.O.L 1.270" When I did that, I had some malfunctions- loaded round sailed out the top of the port. Perfect function came at 1.280"

stans · August 26, 2002, 01:05 PM

Very nice!!

August 26, 2002, 12:24 PM	#1
mec Junior member Join Date: December 6, 2001 Posts: 1,536	soft ball load Just tried some Speer .452-230 grain lead /molylubed bullets over 5.8 Unique. They do 788 fps with 65 fps spread over five rounds and seem to be a bit more accurate than hardball. This charge tends to send some 230s into the low -middle 800 fps range but this one is about like the old pre-war WW target ball load for velocity. Speer Manual says to seat to C.O.L 1.270" When I did that, I had some malfunctions- loaded round sailed out the top of the port. Perfect function came at 1.280" Last edited by mec; August 28, 2010 at 10:23 PM.

August 26, 2002, 01:05 PM	#2
stans Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2001 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 838	Very nice!!