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Posted: 12/30/2010 10:14:05 AM EDT
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Has anyone reloaded the 5.7 round? If so what were your experiences?
Dane |
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Do you mean the 5.7 x 28? I did some reloading for it when my son had a FN PS90. Used Accurate #7 powder and a 33 grain Speer TNT. 8 grains of powder gave 2600 fps. Accuracy seemed to be as good as factory ammo.
The round was kind of a pain to load for back then as dies and shell holders were not too common. Took a lot of work to get a RCBS shell holder to work. Perhaps most important is that the brass has a coating on in and you should not tumble it, rather wash it with Simple Green to clean it. Seems this coating helps with extraction. Of course I found this out after tumbling the brass and had an occasional failure to extract. with the ammo we reload. I reload for every caliber I shoot, 8 rifle and 6 handgun, and feel it is worth doing for those. Not sure I would say the same for the 5.7 x 28. Have to say when my son sold that gun, it sure didn't hurt my feelings. |
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