I have a Glock 17 that I want to start shooting lead out of. After looking online it is mostly recommended to buy a standard rifling barrel that supports lead bullets better.
I am a new reloader. =)
With that in mind I went ahead and purchased a Lone Wolf Barrel. I got it in today and started doing some plunk tests with rounds that I have already made that fired fine out of the stock Glock barrel.
Here is the bullet information.
Falcon Bullet: 125 gr Lead Cone Nose
Using Hodgdon Universal Clays at 3.9 gr
C.O.L. = 1.125 - 1.130 These tested fine in my stock barrel.
So taking the bullet information above I plunked them in my Lone Wolf Barrel and found that they got stuck.
So I made some test dummy rounds and found that it clears the plunk test at C.O.L. = 1.090 - 1.112
Should I be ok with this new C.O.L.? I have read that if I seat too deep it would cause pressure and I don't want to get near that.
But, if they don't plunk correctly in the barrel that means they are hitting the rifling which is bad too.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I am a new reloader. =)
With that in mind I went ahead and purchased a Lone Wolf Barrel. I got it in today and started doing some plunk tests with rounds that I have already made that fired fine out of the stock Glock barrel.
Here is the bullet information.
Falcon Bullet: 125 gr Lead Cone Nose
Using Hodgdon Universal Clays at 3.9 gr
C.O.L. = 1.125 - 1.130 These tested fine in my stock barrel.
So taking the bullet information above I plunked them in my Lone Wolf Barrel and found that they got stuck.
So I made some test dummy rounds and found that it clears the plunk test at C.O.L. = 1.090 - 1.112
Should I be ok with this new C.O.L.? I have read that if I seat too deep it would cause pressure and I don't want to get near that.
But, if they don't plunk correctly in the barrel that means they are hitting the rifling which is bad too.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.