Pelon
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I just got my Dillon 650, have 8 lbs. of Hodgdon Titegroup, 20,000 Winchester SP primers and 300 lbs. of alloy cast bullets (alloy made of 50% linotype & 50% wheelweights) and 4,000 pieces of brass. I´m all set ........ well not so fast!
I´m very confused with regard to the loads I have to use. I´ll be reloading 38 Special (160 grain), 9 mm (147 grain) and .40 S&W (180 grain). I find loads for bullets of the same weight but they don´t seem to be made of alloy. When I find loads for alloys, I´m not sure I have the correct one.
Example for 9 mm: On page 324 of the Lyman 48th Edition I see that a 147 gr. (#2 alloy) bullet would use 2.5 gr. of Titegroup as a starting load. The starting load for 147 gr. TMJ would be 3.2 - BIG difference!
My question is: Is the alloy that I´m using a #2 alloy? If not, how do I find the loads?
Thanks in advance for all the help you might toss this way - I want to get started right away!
I´m very confused with regard to the loads I have to use. I´ll be reloading 38 Special (160 grain), 9 mm (147 grain) and .40 S&W (180 grain). I find loads for bullets of the same weight but they don´t seem to be made of alloy. When I find loads for alloys, I´m not sure I have the correct one.
Example for 9 mm: On page 324 of the Lyman 48th Edition I see that a 147 gr. (#2 alloy) bullet would use 2.5 gr. of Titegroup as a starting load. The starting load for 147 gr. TMJ would be 3.2 - BIG difference!
My question is: Is the alloy that I´m using a #2 alloy? If not, how do I find the loads?
Thanks in advance for all the help you might toss this way - I want to get started right away!