jobu07
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I finally got around to trying to make the Swedish wooden training ammo I bought from J&G Sales cheaply, some time back, into useful ammo. Ultimately I ended up with cases loaded with 2400 and 125g and 140g cast lead coated bullets that I’m excited to give a whirl later this week.
I took some measurements and thought the variations may interest folks. While not a significant sample size, of the 20 rounds I broke down the max powder charge I found was 25 grains and the minimum was 19.2 with an average charge weight of 23.2.
The projectiles also had some differences. The heaviest “bullet” was 8.5 grains and the lightest was 6.9 with an average weight of 7.5. I also found all but one came in it at .261”, which I found to have a hollow base very consistently drilled in the middle. I found one outlier, though, that was a lot harder to unseat than the rest. It came in at .296” with an off center hollow base. The neck on the case was far too large to seat a projection when I was loading again. Normal slug on the left and the larger on the right. I'm not certain this round would have chambered or have been safe to fire. Of course, it's a light weight wood so I'm sure it would have been pushed out.
Anyway, hopefully these shoot satisfactorily and I can get cracking on the rest. They’ve been taking far too much real estate in the ammo closet for too long.
I took some measurements and thought the variations may interest folks. While not a significant sample size, of the 20 rounds I broke down the max powder charge I found was 25 grains and the minimum was 19.2 with an average charge weight of 23.2.
The projectiles also had some differences. The heaviest “bullet” was 8.5 grains and the lightest was 6.9 with an average weight of 7.5. I also found all but one came in it at .261”, which I found to have a hollow base very consistently drilled in the middle. I found one outlier, though, that was a lot harder to unseat than the rest. It came in at .296” with an off center hollow base. The neck on the case was far too large to seat a projection when I was loading again. Normal slug on the left and the larger on the right. I'm not certain this round would have chambered or have been safe to fire. Of course, it's a light weight wood so I'm sure it would have been pushed out.
Anyway, hopefully these shoot satisfactorily and I can get cracking on the rest. They’ve been taking far too much real estate in the ammo closet for too long.
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