Reefinmike
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Hello All, im looking for some insight from those who have worked with both 700x and lead loads of varying alloy. the one pound of bullseye I managed to scrounge up isnt going to do but maybe a quarter of the brass I have been piling up while searching for powder. I settled on picking up a 4# jug of 700x.
45 acp- My current go to load: 3.9gr BE with a lee tumble lubed micro grove .452 sized 230gr LTC cast from ~70% range scrap and 30% wheel weights. Fired from my glock 41 factory barrel, these leave zero leading. I also will be loading for my mech tech glock carbine conversion with a 16" barrel.
38spl- Same load and alloy as above but only with .358 sized lee microgrove 158 LSWC. these are unloaded via a taurus 66, taurus 605 and smith airweight. this fairly toasty load is the only one that wont slick both snub nose bore's in lead.
Any suggestions on where to start as far as powder charge and alloy when working with 700x? I dont know a whole lot on powder similarities and how burn rates dictate the behavior of the powder, but I was a little less apprehensive to buy the 700x and try it after seeing that it is listed right above bullseye on hogdons listing of powder burn rates.
45 acp- My current go to load: 3.9gr BE with a lee tumble lubed micro grove .452 sized 230gr LTC cast from ~70% range scrap and 30% wheel weights. Fired from my glock 41 factory barrel, these leave zero leading. I also will be loading for my mech tech glock carbine conversion with a 16" barrel.
38spl- Same load and alloy as above but only with .358 sized lee microgrove 158 LSWC. these are unloaded via a taurus 66, taurus 605 and smith airweight. this fairly toasty load is the only one that wont slick both snub nose bore's in lead.
Any suggestions on where to start as far as powder charge and alloy when working with 700x? I dont know a whole lot on powder similarities and how burn rates dictate the behavior of the powder, but I was a little less apprehensive to buy the 700x and try it after seeing that it is listed right above bullseye on hogdons listing of powder burn rates.