92GreenYJ
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Just got back from the range.
I got my Lee Classic Cast Turret kit from Kempfs in yesterday. Once i got it mounted and assembled and set up I went ahead and did 30 test rounds.
45 ACP
Used
185 Gr. flat tip jacketed match bullets
Hodgdon Titegroup
Winchester LP Primers
I set up the seating die using a factory round. Made a couple of dummy rounds to check the die set up and that they fed and chambered in my Ruger p90T. When i was satisfied they did I went about doing some test loads.
According to the Lee manual starting load should be 5 grains of Titegroup. which equates to the #40 hole in the Pro auto disk. I ran 10 drops thru it to set it up. then weighed a charge on my Frankford Arsenal digital scale. Showed 4.3 grains. Did 5 more with roughly the same results.
Loaded 10 rounds at this setting.
Stepped up to the # 43 hole. Scaled out to 4.7 Grains.
Did ten rounds
Stepped up again to #46 which scaled to 5.1 Grains
Did ten rounds
So took 30 test rounds to the range. Shot ten rounds of factory win white box first. Quickly realized I am SEVERELY out of practice having been a couple years since I have shot. Groups were terrible and I won't tell you how far out I was from bullseye.
Switched to the first hand loads. Decided to do one round in the mag for first shot. Fed, chambered, fired, and ejected flawlessly. Went to 2 rounds, then 3, then 4. All fed, chambered, fired, and ejected. Same with test loads 2 and 3.
Overall I am happy. no fail to feeds, no fail to fires, no fail to ejects. They worked well. I got the best grouping out of load #2. So I will probably stick with that load for now. Am I ok with this since according to my scale of the charge its below starting grain from the manual?
I got my Lee Classic Cast Turret kit from Kempfs in yesterday. Once i got it mounted and assembled and set up I went ahead and did 30 test rounds.
45 ACP
Used
185 Gr. flat tip jacketed match bullets
Hodgdon Titegroup
Winchester LP Primers
I set up the seating die using a factory round. Made a couple of dummy rounds to check the die set up and that they fed and chambered in my Ruger p90T. When i was satisfied they did I went about doing some test loads.
According to the Lee manual starting load should be 5 grains of Titegroup. which equates to the #40 hole in the Pro auto disk. I ran 10 drops thru it to set it up. then weighed a charge on my Frankford Arsenal digital scale. Showed 4.3 grains. Did 5 more with roughly the same results.
Loaded 10 rounds at this setting.
Stepped up to the # 43 hole. Scaled out to 4.7 Grains.
Did ten rounds
Stepped up again to #46 which scaled to 5.1 Grains
Did ten rounds
So took 30 test rounds to the range. Shot ten rounds of factory win white box first. Quickly realized I am SEVERELY out of practice having been a couple years since I have shot. Groups were terrible and I won't tell you how far out I was from bullseye.
Switched to the first hand loads. Decided to do one round in the mag for first shot. Fed, chambered, fired, and ejected flawlessly. Went to 2 rounds, then 3, then 4. All fed, chambered, fired, and ejected. Same with test loads 2 and 3.
Overall I am happy. no fail to feeds, no fail to fires, no fail to ejects. They worked well. I got the best grouping out of load #2. So I will probably stick with that load for now. Am I ok with this since according to my scale of the charge its below starting grain from the manual?