Sunday was awesome! Weather was great, did some shooting, went on a little bike ride after, but I finally got time to go through a bunch of batches of rounds I made.
I am actually happy with the results of what I loaded.
I went to the range with 8 different loads of 55FMJBT Ball Ammo, and started to fire away.
In 5 shot groups, I ended up with very interesting Load Data, and from it, I learned alot.
8 loads, 3 of H322 and 5 of BL-C2, I walked away with not only finding out my best of the loads that kept the best grouping, but a good consistency check of what velocities are best for the this bullet.
Of the H322, my 2 lowest loads, which by my books Load Data, shows between 2900 and 3000 FPS, each performed at sub 1 inch groupings. One was .6, the other was .8.
On the BLC-2 Front, interestingly enough, the same by the book velocities grouped at .6 and .8. So it shows me there that the velocities (I don't have a chronograph, so I can't verify what the actual velocity is, just by what the book says it should be "Around" is that around the 2900 FPS, this Winchester Ball Ammo groups well.
The downside is, even though the BLC-2 is cheaper per pound, it ends up being 2 dollars more expensive per 1000 rounds, just because of the amount of grains of it used.
Of my SS109 Steel Penetrators, the best groupings I got where at lower velocities at .9 inches. These are pulled military bullets, so was not expecting them to keep that great of groups. Around the 2700-2800fps by what the book says it should be around.
Next on the list will be a chronograph to buy, but right now, the "shoot and feel" of the 55fmjbt is good enough for me to feel confident in loading up a few hundred rounds for target practice.
At 110 bucks per 500 rounds, I don't think I can go wrong
I am actually happy with the results of what I loaded.
I went to the range with 8 different loads of 55FMJBT Ball Ammo, and started to fire away.
In 5 shot groups, I ended up with very interesting Load Data, and from it, I learned alot.
8 loads, 3 of H322 and 5 of BL-C2, I walked away with not only finding out my best of the loads that kept the best grouping, but a good consistency check of what velocities are best for the this bullet.
Of the H322, my 2 lowest loads, which by my books Load Data, shows between 2900 and 3000 FPS, each performed at sub 1 inch groupings. One was .6, the other was .8.
On the BLC-2 Front, interestingly enough, the same by the book velocities grouped at .6 and .8. So it shows me there that the velocities (I don't have a chronograph, so I can't verify what the actual velocity is, just by what the book says it should be "Around" is that around the 2900 FPS, this Winchester Ball Ammo groups well.
The downside is, even though the BLC-2 is cheaper per pound, it ends up being 2 dollars more expensive per 1000 rounds, just because of the amount of grains of it used.
Of my SS109 Steel Penetrators, the best groupings I got where at lower velocities at .9 inches. These are pulled military bullets, so was not expecting them to keep that great of groups. Around the 2700-2800fps by what the book says it should be around.
Next on the list will be a chronograph to buy, but right now, the "shoot and feel" of the 55fmjbt is good enough for me to feel confident in loading up a few hundred rounds for target practice.
At 110 bucks per 500 rounds, I don't think I can go wrong