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Posted: 1/17/2009 3:29:00 PM EDT
| Just curious how many loadings you guy's are getting out of your brass. I haven't loaded for an AR yet but was wondering if there is a powder preferance for differant bullet wieghts. Ball powders for light weight, 55 to 62 and stick for haevy, 69 to 77 or faster powders for light weight and slower for heavy. Thanks much for your input. |
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My favorite powder for bullets from about 52 grains to 80 grains is RE-15. Varget is another powder that works in that range.
There are several faster powders that work well for bullets on the light end. I can't say I have a favorite, maybe H322. Brass life is all over the place from 3 or 4 reloads to many. If you run high pressure loads, the primer pockets give out. |
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What he said.
Especially on how hot you load your stuff. For my normal plinking loads, which are nice and accurate and about 0.8 grains short of max (so loaded to 24.7 gr of H335), resizing is super easy, the cases don't grow, and I have only had to replace the two range pickups that snuck in there in 5-6 loadings. Now, my test brass, which gets loaded all ranges from light to max, it gets trimmed more, and lasts three loads max before the neck splits or it gets reloaded and put into the 'don't reload again' pile. |
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My go-to load is a 53 Sierra (got them cheap) with 23.5 grains of H322 and a CCI 400 primer, seated to 2.25". Cases never wear out when used with a body die and a Lee Collet for the neck. Great accuracy to 300 yards from all my rifles. It functions perfectly and is accurate, even from a 1:7" Colt HBAR.
Velocity is right at 3000 FPS and pressures are moderate. |
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Just curious how many loadings you guy's are getting out of your brass. Depends on load. Ball park 8. I haven't loaded for an AR yet but was wondering if there is a powder preference for different bullet weights. Ball powders for light weight, 55 to 62 and stick for heavy, 69 to 77 or faster powders for light weight and slower for heavy. I like BLC2, Tac, AA-2230 for 53 gr HPBT, 55 and 62 gr FMJBT bullets. Varget and RL-15 for 60 and 68 gr bullets. My preferences after much load testing. Thanks much for your input. |
| I just got 2 batches 1000 each of virgin LC brass , all my brass has been virgin to start with i do not load to the max and they are dead on accurate 55 GRN FMJBT hornady , most of them are on there 6th reload and quite a few are on there 8th reload and those are going to the range at 1:30 today. |
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