Recent content by alpha6164

I have had a Lasermax installed on my Sig 226 which has worked great. This is the setup where the stock guide rod is replaced by the Lasermax guide rod and spring and the laser is activated by the new take down lever which has an internal button. Something had gone wrong with the take down...

^^^You can steer the wheel of your car with your feet but that doesnt make it a good sound idea :) I know that hand loading can produce great results. My disagreement was with DoubleTaps load going 1455ft/sec. That DT 180gr load has been chrono'd over and over my users all around the country...

^^^good one :) Yeah that was supposed to be sea level lol

No offense but there is no way that the DT 180gr was going that fast in a 6" barrel. Do you know how fast 1455ft/sec is on a 180gr bullet? It means that it was producing 846ft/lb of energy which is unattainable out of a 6" barrel. I bet you can't find another source that shows their chrono'd...

^^^Can a light crimp cause it? I am wondering with the max powder charges and not enough crimp if some of the powder goes unburned maybe?

I dont particularly care about it just that when i see a change from factory rounds i wanted to make sure nothing is out of whack. All jacketed bullets.

Thanks for the input. Actually the loads are on the max side of things. For example: 10mm 180gr XTP AA#9 14.0gr 1.260" 10mm 155gr XTP AA#9 15.9 gr 1.260" 9mm 147gr Gold Dots AA#7 7.2gr 1.13" 9mm 124gr XTP AA#7 8.2gr 1.12 9mm 124gr XTP Ramshot Silhouette 5.6gr 1.16" All the above...

I reload for 9mm and 10mm and notice that there are black soot on the side of most brass i pick up. I dont see this as much with a factory loaded round. I use the Hornady dies that seat and crimp in one station and wondering if maybe the crimp is not right or tight enough??? There are no...

The hornady and Speer numbers look very surprising since Accurate Arms the makers of the powder state 6.5gr as the starting load, so it is weird that 6.7gr is maximum. AA lists 6.5gr as starting and 7.2gr ad max which is same as Lyman #49. At 7.2gr there were absolutely no pressure signs at all.

^^^I agree fully. I was just impressed that even at 7.0 and 7.2gr the velocities were still higher than the factory rounds which is nice in my book. I plan to reload at 7.2gr from here on. The 7.4 was more to see the room for error per say in case my powder measure dropped an 0.1 gr if i should...

First time i have reloaded for the 9mm and decided to go with AA#7 for my heavy 9mm reloads since i use them also for the 10mm 155gr variety. I chrono'd these factory rounds out of the M&P9c which has 3.5 inch barrel and completely stock minus trigger work. I am listing the average of a five...

^^^No disrespect but you are wrong. The glock 20 will do just fine with standard down played loads. But if you load hot rounds you will see the famous "glock smiley face" on your brass. For example, with standard G20 barrel 13.5gr of AA#9 shows pressure signs where as even with 14.5gr of...

I have an M&P9 compact that i love and want to reload 9mm. I have been reloading 10mm for my Glock 20 and immediately got an aftermarket barrel for better chamber support since i am loading hot 10mm loads. I was wondering how the chamber support in the M&P9s were and if an aftermarket barrel is...

^^^I definitely understand that part. What i am trying to figure out is actually how much crimp to apply?

I got the Hornady 50BMG kit and have prepared some cases and ready to load and assemble. I am having a difficulty figuring out the amount of crimp to put on the bullet. The ammo will be fired in a Barrett M82 so it will be a semi of course and would require a crimp. The way i set up the...