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I disagree.ropedrag wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:08 pm Guys I think I figured out my N120 issue comments from my load development posting a few posts back. Well when I say issue it's not a deal breaker type of issue just not ideal.
Anyway, I put a new primer in a fired case and loaded the 11.4 grains, then dropped in one of the 208 gr Hornady 208 ELD Match bullets for this load. Surprise! After measuring where the bullet rested it turns out I'm crushing the bullet into the powder about .09 when seating.
Taking one step further to understand the powder load grains needed to only just kiss the powder and bullet. Turns out 9.5 grains.
Since I started this load development at 9.9 grains and getting less than 800fps it would appear this bullet and its profile for this caliber with this powder isn't ideal.
Well since I've 8 lbs of this powder and 1000 of these bullets (picked up at a great price) I think I'm going to load em up for reserve and the zombie apocalypse and use the other 2 loads I developed for plinking and such. Unless someone with the experience might suggest a better powder for this bullet.
You disagree, and maybe I can learn from that!dellet wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:39 pmI disagree.ropedrag wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:08 pm Guys I think I figured out my N120 issue comments from my load development posting a few posts back. Well when I say issue it's not a deal breaker type of issue just not ideal.
Anyway, I put a new primer in a fired case and loaded the 11.4 grains, then dropped in one of the 208 gr Hornady 208 ELD Match bullets for this load. Surprise! After measuring where the bullet rested it turns out I'm crushing the bullet into the powder about .09 when seating.
Taking one step further to understand the powder load grains needed to only just kiss the powder and bullet. Turns out 9.5 grains.
Since I started this load development at 9.9 grains and getting less than 800fps it would appear this bullet and its profile for this caliber with this powder isn't ideal.
Well since I've 8 lbs of this powder and 1000 of these bullets (picked up at a great price) I think I'm going to load em up for reserve and the zombie apocalypse and use the other 2 loads I developed for plinking and such. Unless someone with the experience might suggest a better powder for this bullet.
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Might be worth starting a dedicated thread. In theory this is for data only so it doesn’t get a bunch of clutter.ropedrag wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:36 pmYou disagree, and maybe I can learn from that!dellet wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:39 pmI disagree.ropedrag wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:08 pm Guys I think I figured out my N120 issue comments from my load development posting a few posts back. Well when I say issue it's not a deal breaker type of issue just not ideal.
Anyway, I put a new primer in a fired case and loaded the 11.4 grains, then dropped in one of the 208 gr Hornady 208 ELD Match bullets for this load. Surprise! After measuring where the bullet rested it turns out I'm crushing the bullet into the powder about .09 when seating.
Taking one step further to understand the powder load grains needed to only just kiss the powder and bullet. Turns out 9.5 grains.
Since I started this load development at 9.9 grains and getting less than 800fps it would appear this bullet and its profile for this caliber with this powder isn't ideal.
Well since I've 8 lbs of this powder and 1000 of these bullets (picked up at a great price) I think I'm going to load em up for reserve and the zombie apocalypse and use the other 2 loads I developed for plinking and such. Unless someone with the experience might suggest a better powder for this bullet.
viewtopic.php?f=141&t=97746&hilit=N120+Hornady
Guess the variables would then leave me to think that this round through a pistol gas 9" barrel suppressed makes that much of a difference. Heck my velocity at 10.5 was 904fps, your 18" barrel gun yielded close to 200 fps more. Maybe I should have said it would appear that this bullet and its profile for this caliber with this powder isn't ideal in my gun, a suppressed 9" barrel with pistol gas?
What may have prematurely drove me to the comment I made was offsidewing's comment about the bullet base seated to just touch the powder. Like I tried, I would have to drop the charge to 9.5 to make magazine length using this powder touch as a basis.
DaedalusX seems to like it out of his 10". So I'm also Wondering if thats carbine gas and if it's suppressed.
What confuses me the most are the 5 shot extreme velocity spreads I get with this powder/bullet combo. For load development I've "borrowed" my scientist wife's $1200 Fisher Scientific AccuSeries balance (scale) and ensured I'm within .02 grain of target so that variable is covered fairly well.
I'm 100% open to suggestions on making this load perform better in my gun.