Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:29 pm
MadPick wrote:Rutilate wrote:SurfPerch wrote:On the topic of 45ACP.
Q: Do you guys do anything about burs left on 45ACP brass by ejector? Sometimes after resizing a range brass doesn't "plunk" into case guage all the way and have the rim hung up on these ejector gouges in the rim. It takes a firm finger pressure to push it in and out of the guage then. It doesn't seem to make a difference in the barrel though. I can make them "plunk" again by filing those burs away from the rim circumference - but am not sure if this is just a waste of time. Thoughts?
Throw it out. Life's too short for that shit!
If you decide that the burrs are unacceptable, then I agree . . . except I'd use the brass recycle bucket.
I haven't noticed it on .45 (I don't put many cases in the gauge), but I've seen this situation a lot of with .223. I've concluded that it's not an issue, and I just ignore it.
Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:19 pm
Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:40 pm
Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:48 pm
SurfPerch wrote:I'm finally out of my 230gr RN TMJ bullets. I have some ancient boxes of plated 230gr RN Rainiers. Never loaded them up...
Any experience and/or tips? Use lead loads? 0.470" crimp? 1.25" COL?
Thanks!
Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:55 pm
MadPick wrote:SurfPerch wrote:I'm finally out of my 230gr RN TMJ bullets. I have some ancient boxes of plated 230gr RN Rainiers. Never loaded them up...
Any experience and/or tips? Use lead loads? 0.470" crimp? 1.25" COL?
Thanks!
Load 'em up!
Use somewhere between lead and FMJ loads. Some books have plated data. What powder are you using?
And yeah, same crimp and COAL as FMJ.
Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:00 pm
SurfPerch wrote:I've been using 6.3gr VV N340...
Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:20 pm
MadPick wrote:SurfPerch wrote:I've been using 6.3gr VV N340...
Oh, you lost me there. I can't afford those gucci powders.
J/K. I heard great stuff about N340 being clean and I bought some, but I haven't actually tried it yet.
Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:38 pm
Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:57 am
Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:10 pm
Fri Oct 30, 2020 2:05 pm
MadPick wrote:Nice. You’ll probably see a velocity increase if you put the N340 behind the Rainiers, btw.
Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:45 pm
SurfPerch wrote:MadPick wrote:Nice. You’ll probably see a velocity increase if you put the N340 behind the Rainiers, btw.
Yeah - that was with N340...
SurfPerch wrote:FWIW : 230gr RN plated Rainer's behind 6.0gr N340...
Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:50 pm
MadPick wrote:SurfPerch wrote:MadPick wrote:Nice. You’ll probably see a velocity increase if you put the N340 behind the Rainiers, btw.
Yeah - that was with N340...
Dammit. Another joke flopped.
I was referring to this:SurfPerch wrote:FWIW : 230gr RN plated Rainer's behind 6.0gr N340...
The bullet was behind the powder . . . .
Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:07 pm
GeekWithGuns wrote:Interesting thread about Unique vs VV N340. Used 158gr LRN over Unique for a long time with 38 Special loads. One of the RSO at Evergreen threatened to kick me off the range one day for smoking up the place with my black powder loads Gun and hands were always seriously dirty after matches.
Switched to VV N320 for 38 Special and Short Colt. Gun runs clean and the range no longer looks like it's fogged in.
Planning to buy a 45 Colt pistol in the next couple months as finances allow. Will take a good look at N340 for powder. Definitely Vihtavuori is spendy though. I think a 4lb canister should come with a complimentary bottle of Finlandia.
Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:59 am
SurfPerch wrote:GeekWithGuns wrote:Interesting thread about Unique vs VV N340. Used 158gr LRN over Unique for a long time with 38 Special loads. One of the RSO at Evergreen threatened to kick me off the range one day for smoking up the place with my black powder loads Gun and hands were always seriously dirty after matches.
Switched to VV N320 for 38 Special and Short Colt. Gun runs clean and the range no longer looks like it's fogged in.
Planning to buy a 45 Colt pistol in the next couple months as finances allow. Will take a good look at N340 for powder. Definitely Vihtavuori is spendy though. I think a 4lb canister should come with a complimentary bottle of Finlandia.
Amen to to that! I'm not going back from VV to Unique at any price... :) Clean shooting is definitely worth extra penny per shot for me..
Heard good things about N320 for 45ACP too - although some say midspeed N340 is more optimal for heavier 230gr, providing needed lower residual pressure a bit longer to accelerate a heavier load to speed w/o overpressure, than a faster burning N320 that is optimized for lighter bullet weights with faster acceleration... I thought that may be the reason that many "official" load data for 230gr specify N340....