Day at the range

Last outing I took some loads with 180 grn sierra spitzer bullets and 41.5 and 42.5 grains of reloader 15. The 41.5 shot well, I wasn't as happy with the 42.5, but this was after I had fired about 125 rounds in various guns.

Today I took some more 41.5 reloader 15 loads, and some with 43.5 (43.7 is listed as max). both shot well, the 43.5 load will thump you pretty good.
I had 8 of the 42.5 left, and they turned out to be the most accurate load in my 2 groove Maltby. I put all 8 in the ten ring at 100yds, no pretty group but within 3" works for me and my aged eyes!

I had some Privi Prtizan 180grn loads a friend gave me, he got a case in trade. I thought the new Wolf gold (which is very accurate in the 174grn FMJ) was loaded by Privi Partisan , and was very dissapointed when these  cartridges  with a Century Arms  distribution stamp provided 12" groups.  I broke one down when i got home
and it has a boattail bullet, which may explain the loss of accuracy.

I received aLee cvlassic cast turret press a couple days early for father's day and was able to put 60 rounds together last night very quickly. Nice press and seems very well built. At first it was a little stiff, but after lubing and runinng a few rounds through, it is very smooth.
Ed

The Lee classic turret is a keeper, I deprimed about 250 rounds this evening prior to washing them, it's so nice to have the primers roll down the tube into the trash.

The club's chrono was in use Saturday, next time I'll  try and get some speed data on the loads.

Looking at my first post, I apologize for the typing, I had a hell of a week last week, and was decompressing with cachaca and lime. Shouldn't try to relax and type at the same time!!

Ed

Eric, not drunk, but very, very relaxed!

The classic cast turret is $79.95 at Midway, I have seen it for $75.99 a couple of places. Not fully progressive, but still quicker on rifle cartridges, and should be much quicker for pistol cartridges. $9.09 for extra turrets.

If you haven't read Joe's 3 part article on the cast classic turret at Real Guns, you should. He has also been looking for an accurate powder drop for a long time, and claims the Lee disk drop is about as good as it gets.

I think the Lee disk powder measure with the double disk set-up should be large enough for 42 grns of Reloader 15. I shoot Unique in the 45-70, so that won't be any problem to load with the auto disk.

Ed