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I've been working from home almost all of the last week, and while it's nice to be at home, it's hard to stay focused. My wife wants to chat from time to time, which isn't so bad, unless I'm trying to concentrate on something work related.
Oh well, I believe this shall pass soon enough, but I hope it's before the Grand. And I hope the stock market free fall rebounds so I can retire one of these days...
Doing my part to maintain that social distancing, I stayed at home and assembled the Oehler System 84, which takes about 2 hours since my current house just doesn't have room for it as-assembled. Moving soon and I'll be having a small shed built at the new house that will be the new home for the test rig, so assembling and disassembling every time I use it may become a non-issue soon.
Anyway, I've been toying with my handicap reload, and with my Hornady 1-1/8 ounce bushing, honing it out so it gives me a little more shot, though not so much that it'll get me DQ'd if someone calls me on it. I honed it out so it is dropping right at 1.145 ounces consistently.
I loaded up some of my handicap reloads, but I wanted to see if the added weight caused the pressure to go high, before I loaded up a bunch of them.
Turns out, it's a winner of a load!
Average 1205 fps and 10100 psi
DISCLAIMER: This load is NOT in Hodgdon's data tables so use it at your own risk!!!
The second load is another one I have been toying with. And another one that is not in Hodgdon's data tables. So again, same disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: This load is NOT in Hodgdon's data tables so use it at your own risk!!!
It uses IMR Green, which I understand is being discontinued, so I will load this until I run out of that powder keg.
For this load I used my MEC 9000H and honed out the 1-1/8 ounce charge bar to throw a similar weight to the Hornady bushing (above.)
It is surprisingly similar to the Titegroup load. I threw out the first shot. It just didn't seem to fit in with the rest of them.
Average 1193 fps and 9900 psi
Like I said, a lot like the Titegroup load:
Finally a load I had tried using a while back when I was using reclaimed shot. I always thought it had a little more recoil than it should, and now I know why. I made these before I honed out the charge bar, so they are likely a little less than 1-1/8 ounces, but should be pretty close.
By the Hodgdon data tables, this should be 1145 fps and 9700 psi. It's a little faster than that.
Average 1202 fps and 9900 psi
Amazingly similar to the other two:
For the good of the sport!!!
Oh well, I believe this shall pass soon enough, but I hope it's before the Grand. And I hope the stock market free fall rebounds so I can retire one of these days...
Doing my part to maintain that social distancing, I stayed at home and assembled the Oehler System 84, which takes about 2 hours since my current house just doesn't have room for it as-assembled. Moving soon and I'll be having a small shed built at the new house that will be the new home for the test rig, so assembling and disassembling every time I use it may become a non-issue soon.
Anyway, I've been toying with my handicap reload, and with my Hornady 1-1/8 ounce bushing, honing it out so it gives me a little more shot, though not so much that it'll get me DQ'd if someone calls me on it. I honed it out so it is dropping right at 1.145 ounces consistently.
I loaded up some of my handicap reloads, but I wanted to see if the added weight caused the pressure to go high, before I loaded up a bunch of them.
Turns out, it's a winner of a load!
- Remington Hulls
- Winchester 209 Primers
- Downrange DRRT12 Wads
- 1.145 ounces of shot
- 18.6 grains of Hodgdon Titegroup
Average 1205 fps and 10100 psi
DISCLAIMER: This load is NOT in Hodgdon's data tables so use it at your own risk!!!
The second load is another one I have been toying with. And another one that is not in Hodgdon's data tables. So again, same disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: This load is NOT in Hodgdon's data tables so use it at your own risk!!!
It uses IMR Green, which I understand is being discontinued, so I will load this until I run out of that powder keg.
For this load I used my MEC 9000H and honed out the 1-1/8 ounce charge bar to throw a similar weight to the Hornady bushing (above.)
It is surprisingly similar to the Titegroup load. I threw out the first shot. It just didn't seem to fit in with the rest of them.
- Remington Hulls
- Winchester 209 Primers
- Remington Figure 8 Wads
- 1.145 ounces of shot
- 19.3 grains of IMR Green
Average 1193 fps and 9900 psi
Like I said, a lot like the Titegroup load:
Finally a load I had tried using a while back when I was using reclaimed shot. I always thought it had a little more recoil than it should, and now I know why. I made these before I honed out the charge bar, so they are likely a little less than 1-1/8 ounces, but should be pretty close.
- Remington Hulls
- Winchester 209 Primers
- Remington Figure 8 Wads
- 1.125 ounces of shot
- 17.5 grains of Hodgdon Clays
By the Hodgdon data tables, this should be 1145 fps and 9700 psi. It's a little faster than that.
Average 1202 fps and 9900 psi
Amazingly similar to the other two:
For the good of the sport!!!