So….a cpl years ago when this all started, I bought the CCI cases, 32 Grn bullets, and the dies. I loaded some up using 20/28 powder and had some nice groups. Then like the rest of the world, work got in my way of further experimentation.
Now I am retired and looking for something to do. My God, no one ever told me how potentially boring true retirement can be! So I got the ole CEB dies and cases and bullets back out to have another go at it. Today for my first experiment I loaded 5 with 2.0 of CFE Pistol. I cross ref with VV3N37 and started there. I fired the 5 with the 2.0 and no real joy. The group would have been good for 100yds, but I was at 50. So I thought let’s drop down a cpl .10. Loaded up 5 with 1.8 Grn, and these show some promise. Put em across the Magneto Spd and avg velocity was 1354. Good stuff right? Need to shoot about 20 more to get true details as SD was a very disappointing 25.4, but I’m well aware that 5 shots make an SD not!
Anyhow, I’ll keep at it a bit and see what I can come up with. I like using the CFE as 1.8 is only about 2/3 of the case, where the 20/28 is about 3/4. Heading to the indoor range tomorrow to test a few more loadings. Will post the results as far as grouping go as soon as I can. The photo shows the last group I shot The other groups were one with 1.8 w/o the Magneto and the 2.0. Tomorrow I will use clean target for each group. I think I have 5 diff loads to try.
Now I am retired and looking for something to do. My God, no one ever told me how potentially boring true retirement can be! So I got the ole CEB dies and cases and bullets back out to have another go at it. Today for my first experiment I loaded 5 with 2.0 of CFE Pistol. I cross ref with VV3N37 and started there. I fired the 5 with the 2.0 and no real joy. The group would have been good for 100yds, but I was at 50. So I thought let’s drop down a cpl .10. Loaded up 5 with 1.8 Grn, and these show some promise. Put em across the Magneto Spd and avg velocity was 1354. Good stuff right? Need to shoot about 20 more to get true details as SD was a very disappointing 25.4, but I’m well aware that 5 shots make an SD not!
Anyhow, I’ll keep at it a bit and see what I can come up with. I like using the CFE as 1.8 is only about 2/3 of the case, where the 20/28 is about 3/4. Heading to the indoor range tomorrow to test a few more loadings. Will post the results as far as grouping go as soon as I can. The photo shows the last group I shot The other groups were one with 1.8 w/o the Magneto and the 2.0. Tomorrow I will use clean target for each group. I think I have 5 diff loads to try.
