cherryriver
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I've pretty much gone back to WST for .45 Auto. Last autumn, I loaded a quantity of 230gr RN TMJ Rainiers with 4.3gr WST and thought my chrono was telling me they were in the 715fps range.
I went to 4.5gr in hopes of making major. Just this weekend, though, I had the chrono back from loan and it was saying 640fps for the 4.5 load.
I then ran off a hundred with 5.0gr yesterday and popped them at the indoor range (no chrono) and got no overpressure signs. They felt softer than American Eagle red box factory loads I had along for comparison.
Does anyone have any chrono experience with this powder/bullet combination? There doesn't seem to be any good published information on Rainiers with this powder. (Vihta Vhouri does now list Rainiers in some calibers, but VV is no longer easily available around here.)
Incidentally, the WST load is extremely accurate, perfect functioning in all of my guns, and, as advertised, significantly quieter and less flashy than equivalent loads.
Thanks
Bill
I went to 4.5gr in hopes of making major. Just this weekend, though, I had the chrono back from loan and it was saying 640fps for the 4.5 load.
I then ran off a hundred with 5.0gr yesterday and popped them at the indoor range (no chrono) and got no overpressure signs. They felt softer than American Eagle red box factory loads I had along for comparison.
Does anyone have any chrono experience with this powder/bullet combination? There doesn't seem to be any good published information on Rainiers with this powder. (Vihta Vhouri does now list Rainiers in some calibers, but VV is no longer easily available around here.)
Incidentally, the WST load is extremely accurate, perfect functioning in all of my guns, and, as advertised, significantly quieter and less flashy than equivalent loads.
Thanks
Bill