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Montana gold .55 grain 223 load data

meunkemeunke Member Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 2011 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I can't seem to find load data specifically for these montana gold bullets. Anyone have a source? Nine of the manuals I have list them. Please help! Thanks in advance!
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    meunkemeunke Member Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I meant 'none' of my manuals.
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    Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Zero of mine, either.
    I think you are going to have to muster up your courage and load them like any other generic 55 grain .224" bullet.
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    MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 13,793 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go with the standard starting load and work up. Then let us know how it went so the rest of us don't have to do it.
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    Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,202 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Their website doesn't describe the bullets very well, but it implies that the 55-gr FMJ bullets are standard cup/core of gilding metal and lead. If so, you can probably use generic load data for that style bullet. Do start low, as always.

    One caution: mic the bullets for diameter. I have seen some "bargain" bullets that were as much as .226" and they tended to raise pressures significantly.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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