(03-28-2021, 04:00 PM)Old Bob Wrote: I have a few reloads started with down-sized but not fire-formed Grendel brass. I'm using AA2520, Lever, CFE223 & SW Match powders & mostly Hornady 103gr ELD-X bullets but also have some with Nosler 100gr Partitions. I have AR-COMP & Win 748 I wanna try as well. Other bullets I've acquired are Berger 108gr Elite Hunter & 88gr varmint & Sierra 80gr varminters.

I've got over 200 rounds of resized brass I'm gonna fire-form before reloading for accuracy/velocity. Some of that brass is Lapua & AA Grendel brass, some are Remington brand 7.62x39 with small primer pockets & some are up-sized Lapua 220 Russian. I guess I'm gonna have to divide them up for shooting in my AR & bolt gun. I don't now how much difference there might be in the two rifle's chambers if any. I'll measure fired brass & figure it out. I've no doubt what works best in one rifle might not be as good in the other. I'll figure that out too...

But... due to unforeseen problems, I don't know when I'll be able to do any shooting at all. My brother had an accident on his bicycle last Sunday & will be laid up for quite awhile. He & I were taking turns caring for our 97 year old mom. Now, I'm having to take care of both of them. I don't know when I'll have any free time. I wanted to do some gold prospecting as well. Had to cancel that outing... Oh well, family comes first.

(03-28-2021, 04:35 PM)BehindEnemyLines Wrote:

(03-28-2021, 04:00 PM)Old Bob Wrote: I have a few reloads started with down-sized but not fire-formed Grendel brass. I'm using AA2520, Lever, CFE223 & SW Match powders & mostly Hornady 103gr ELD-X bullets but also have some with Nosler 100gr Partitions. I have AR-COMP & Win 748 I wanna try as well. Other bullets I've acquired are Berger 108gr Elite Hunter & 88gr varmint & Sierra 80gr varminters.

I've got over 200 rounds of resized brass I'm gonna fire-form before reloading for accuracy/velocity. Some of that brass is Lapua & AA Grendel brass, some are Remington brand 7.62x39 with small primer pockets & some are up-sized Lapua 220 Russian. I guess I'm gonna have to divide them up for shooting in my AR & bolt gun. I don't now how much difference there might be in the two rifle's chambers if any. I'll measure fired brass & figure it out. I've no doubt what works best in one rifle might not be as good in the other. I'll figure that out too...

But... due to unforeseen problems, I don't know when I'll be able to do any shooting at all. My brother had an accident on his bicycle last Sunday & will be laid up for quite awhile. He & I were taking turns caring for our 97 year old mom. Now, I'm having to take care of both of them. I don't know when I'll have any free time. I wanted to do some gold prospecting as well. Had to cancel that outing... Oh well, family comes first.

OB, What data are you using to start with SW Match Rifle powder?  One of the powders I actually have available.

My prayers go out to you and your family.  You appear to have your priorities in proper order.

(03-28-2021, 02:18 PM)Dino11 Wrote: 25.5gr. of CFE223 and the OAL was 2.240.

I only shot the last three sets in the kit, the first two are to be used if you have a barrel that is in bad condition in conjunction with the last 3 sets.

I put over a  100 rounds down it yesterday and I have next to no copper building in the barrel, it is nice and smooth all the way from the throat to the muzzle. The other bullets were loaded with Lever. I was hitting 600 yard steel with 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets I got from American Reloading.

(03-28-2021, 04:35 PM)BehindEnemyLines Wrote:

(03-28-2021, 04:00 PM)Old Bob Wrote: I have a few reloads started with down-sized but not fire-formed Grendel brass. I'm using AA2520, Lever, CFE223 & SW Match powders & mostly Hornady 103gr ELD-X bullets but also have some with Nosler 100gr Partitions. I have AR-COMP & Win 748 I wanna try as well. Other bullets I've acquired are Berger 108gr Elite Hunter & 88gr varmint & Sierra 80gr varminters.

I've got over 200 rounds of resized brass I'm gonna fire-form before reloading for accuracy/velocity. Some of that brass is Lapua & AA Grendel brass, some are Remington brand 7.62x39 with small primer pockets & some are up-sized Lapua 220 Russian. I guess I'm gonna have to divide them up for shooting in my AR & bolt gun. I don't now how much difference there might be in the two rifle's chambers if any. I'll measure fired brass & figure it out. I've no doubt what works best in one rifle might not be as good in the other. I'll figure that out too...

But... due to unforeseen problems, I don't know when I'll be able to do any shooting at all. My brother had an accident on his bicycle last Sunday & will be laid up for quite awhile. He & I were taking turns caring for our 97 year old mom. Now, I'm having to take care of both of them. I don't know when I'll have any free time. I wanted to do some gold prospecting as well. Had to cancel that outing... Oh well, family comes first.

OB, What data are you using to start with SW Match Rifle powder?  One of the powders I actually have available.

My prayers go out to you and your family.  You appear to have your priorities in proper order.

(03-29-2021, 03:05 AM)StoneHendge Wrote: Shooters World Match is allegedly the "old" AA 2520. The new and old 2520 are allegedly similar but not the same. Use your GoogleFu and you'll lots of discussions about it. Anyone who goes through that excercise would likely use Hornady's 6arc load data for 2520 as a reference point.

(03-31-2021, 10:31 PM)StoneHendge Wrote: BEL, I got a box of the Sierra 90s primarily to try in my 6x45. I was underwhelmed with them there but think it was more due to fast powders being published for the caliber and not being appropriate for a 90. I ended up using most of them for fireforming ARC brass where they worked great.

(03-31-2021, 10:31 PM)StoneHendge Wrote: BEL, I got a box of the Sierra 90s primarily to try in my 6x45. I was underwhelmed with them there but think it was more due to fast powders being published for the caliber and not being appropriate for a 90. I ended up using most of them for fireforming ARC brass where they worked great.

(03-29-2021, 12:42 AM)CZ527 Guy Wrote:

(03-28-2021, 02:18 PM)Dino11 Wrote: 25.5gr. of CFE223 and the OAL was 2.240.

I only shot the last three sets in the kit, the first two are to be used if you have a barrel that is in bad condition in conjunction with the last 3 sets.

I put over a  100 rounds down it yesterday and I have next to no copper building in the barrel, it is nice and smooth all the way from the throat to the muzzle. The other bullets were loaded with Lever. I was hitting 600 yard steel with 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets I got from American Reloading.

I got around to sorting through the 500 plus 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets         While HBN coating these bullets. Id say roughly 40% of these pulled bullets were not fit for much more than fire forming projectiles. The poor form of the lead tip accounted for the greatest portion of the flaws. 
I have been waiting on shipping dies from PV until bullets showed up. must say I am starting to get a bit impatient waiting on the bullets to be fulfilled to ship the dies. Need to make some calls this coming week to explore my options for the back ordered items.

(04-01-2021, 02:08 AM)SvenGar58 Wrote:

(03-29-2021, 12:42 AM)CZ527 Guy Wrote:

(03-28-2021, 02:18 PM)Dino11 Wrote: 25.5gr. of CFE223 and the OAL was 2.240.

I only shot the last three sets in the kit, the first two are to be used if you have a barrel that is in bad condition in conjunction with the last 3 sets.

I put over a  100 rounds down it yesterday and I have next to no copper building in the barrel, it is nice and smooth all the way from the throat to the muzzle. The other bullets were loaded with Lever. I was hitting 600 yard steel with 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets I got from American Reloading.

I got around to sorting through the 500 plus 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets         While HBN coating these bullets. Id say

roughly 40% of these pulled bullets were not fit for much more than fire forming projectiles. The poor form of the lead tip accounted for the greatest portion of the flaws. 
I have been waiting on shipping dies from PV until bullets showed up. must say I am starting to get a bit impatient waiting on the bullets to be fulfilled to ship the dies. Need to make some calls this coming week to explore my options for the back ordered items.

CZ, I saw in an earlier post that you had some HDY 100 gr BTSPs in your supply, but haven’t seen that you’ve posted any results with those. I happened across a box of those at my local SW today.  Would be happy to hear about your experience with them if you get there before I do.

(04-01-2021, 08:10 PM)CZ527 Guy Wrote:

(04-01-2021, 02:08 AM)SvenGar58 Wrote:

(03-29-2021, 12:42 AM)CZ527 Guy Wrote:

(03-28-2021, 02:18 PM)Dino11 Wrote: 25.5gr. of CFE223 and the OAL was 2.240.

I only shot the last three sets in the kit, the first two are to be used if you have a barrel that is in bad condition in conjunction with the last 3 sets.

I put over a  100 rounds down it yesterday and I have next to no copper building in the barrel, it is nice and smooth all the way from the throat to the muzzle. The other bullets were loaded with Lever. I was hitting 600 yard steel with 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets I got from American Reloading.

I got around to sorting through the 500 plus 100 gr. SPBT Speer pulled bullets         While HBN coating these bullets. Id say

roughly 40% of these pulled bullets were not fit for much more than fire forming projectiles. The poor form of the lead tip accounted for the greatest portion of the flaws. 
I have been waiting on shipping dies from PV until bullets showed up. must say I am starting to get a bit impatient waiting on the bullets to be fulfilled to ship the dies. Need to make some calls this coming week to explore my options for the back ordered items.

CZ, I saw in an earlier post that you had some HDY 100 gr BTSPs in your supply, but haven’t seen that you’ve posted any results with those. I happened across a box of those at my local SW today.  Would be happy to hear about your experience with them if you get there before I do.

Hope you are able to get out before myself as Ill be waiting on my barrel for roughly 7 weeks yet. give or take a couple weeks. Then I don't have any factory arc brass, so ill be using those pulled 100 gr speers primarily as fire forming projectiles initially. Roughly 300 of the 500 I have are fairly good where I may have a chance of MOA out of them.

My expectations are currently fire forming projectiles w the some of the worst of the pulled bullets & if I hold 2 MOA with that stuff ill be surprised. Should make for some inexpensive plinking ammo for my 11 year old son while working on trigger time. If he does not care for the trigger time than I guess Ill do the same.