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Nosler 185 Gr JHP .45.....
B17-P51
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I had the opportunity to get a large amout of these bullets at a ridiculosly low price so I will be shooting these for some time. Does any one else use these and what are your opinions and sugestions.
I load with Titegroup exclusivly.
thanks
I had the opportunity to get a large amout of these bullets at a ridiculosly low price so I will be shooting these for some time. Does any one else use these and what are your opinions and sugestions.
I load with Titegroup exclusivly.
thanks
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He might even talk you into using a different powder (or two)...
Karl is a Bullseye man. Sorry, but I quit using "Flammable Dirt" years ago[:D]Besides this bullet is much too light for his liking[;)]
I like titegroup, it is a great powder I use it too. But, for giggles get a can of Vit. N310 and try it. You will be impressed with the consistency, clean burning, easy metering and superb accuracy on paper.
Custom competition
I had the opportunity to get a large amout of these bullets at a ridiculosly low price so I will be shooting these for some time. Does any one else use these and what are your opinions and sugestions.
I load with Titegroup exclusivly.
thanks
I just got done loading 250 of these using 7.5 gr. of Longshot. Longshot is just a little slower than AA No. 7. Accuracy was OUTSTANDING!
I also use AA No. 5. Accuracy was also great using these bullets and that powder. Reason I switched, was during the great Obama scare, I couldn't get AA No. 5 for a while. I ended up trying other powders and that worked pretty good for me. AA No. 7 gave best velocity, but also had a pretty good recoil to it. This was out of my Springfield Mil-Spec .45. And still remained pretty clean.
Bottom line, the bullets work great. I would, however, move to the next level with powders. No sense in running a 1/2 dirt/black powder combo through your gun.
quote:Originally posted by B17-P51
Custom competition
I had the opportunity to get a large amout of these bullets at a ridiculosly low price so I will be shooting these for some time. Does any one else use these and what are your opinions and sugestions.
I load with Titegroup exclusivly.
thanks
I just got done loading 250 of these using 7.5 gr. of Longshot. Longshot is just a little slower than AA No. 7. Accuracy was OUTSTANDING!
I also use AA No. 5. Accuracy was also great using these bullets and that powder. Reason I switched, was during the great Obama scare, I couldn't get AA No. 5 for a while. I ended up trying other powders and that worked pretty good for me. AA No. 7 gave best velocity, but also had a pretty good recoil to it. This was out of my Springfield Mil-Spec .45. And still remained pretty clean.
Bottom line, the bullets work great. I would, however, move to the next level with powders. No sense in running a 1/2 dirt/black powder combo through your gun.
Sandwarrior
You never said so but I assume Longshot is very clean also? Thanks for the input. The 185 is new ground for me as I have shot NOTHING but 230 GR lead RN with 5.0 gr Titegroup since it came out. Before that I toyed with some AA powders,also W-W WST and WSF. This was thru an XD.
I sold some stuff and got a pistol made by a guy nemed Les and lucked into a great deal on the 185's. These I should be shooting for several years. Still have the XD and 12,000 rounds later nary a hiccup. Just couldnt pass on the 185's.
As luck would have it, I dropped by the Gunstop the other day and they had AA No. 5 in stock.
I think I'll save the Longshot for 230 gr. loads and use my AA no. 5 for the 185's.
I had the same problem with my .45 Colt and trail boss. That is a much longer case and I had the burning soot marks all the way down. Too light a load was tha culprit.
I heard they moved Gunstop across the road or something and that you can actualy find stuff now!!
Karl.. You can still play with your Bullseye, Just don't track it through the house when you're done or sit on any of the furniture.[;)][}:)]
Sandw....
I had the same problem with my .45 Colt and trail boss. That is a much longer case and I had the burning soot marks all the way down. Too light a load was tha culprit.
I heard they moved Gunstop across the road or something and that you can actualy find stuff now!!
Karl.. You can still play with your Bullseye, Just don't track it through the house when you're done or sit on any of the furniture.[;)][}:)]
Yeah, they moved around the corner and up the road. Right next to the Post office now. Back in the old place it was definitely "Tight!" But they had a lot of good stuff. Since then we lost Howie, but Larry and John are keeping things going well. I always wish I had more time to just drop in on them but I'd start spending more money than my kids want from me.
And Karl, thanks for the help. But I agree with B17-P51 in that you need to take your shoes and play-jumpers off before coming in the house if you are gonna play with BuLLZI* powder.[:D][}:)][:D]
Here is a link to the nosler site.
http://www.nosler.com/Reloading-Data/45-ACP-Handgun-185-Grains.aspx
Yes Perry they do list Bullseye [:p] so go ahead and gloat[V]
5000-7500 rounds a year with Bulls-Eye since 1971 you do the math. I have never had anything shoot smaller groups from ransom rest with my pistols. But like anything different strokes for different folks. I just feel that a quick powder in a big bore straight walled case that has very little airspace in the loaded case works better then a slower powder. W 231. is a good powder and measures better in most powder measures in blue or green or red presses but if one has a STAR reloading press Their powder measures can measure pine bark mulch[;)]so I use BULLS-EYE[^] "PRAISE THE HARD-BALL GUN"
AHHHH....that's the secret ingredient...so it isn't really flammable dirt after all[;)].....[:D][:D][:D]
All kidding aside, wouldn't a powder that fills the case more be more likely to have more consistent ignition because of less air space? I load a lot of rifle shells and have always found that the slowest powder (therefore more powder) generally gives more consistent groups.
I like Tite group because it is recognized as being "not position sensitive" by the manufacturer and many gun writers that use it.
It is possible to blow a gun up by using too little powder, a situation similar to a knock or ping in a car, whereby the powder ignites at both ends, that being near the primer and near the bullet as the case is laying horizontally in the chamber of course. The flame from the primer shoots out over the half full case of powder.
this occurs primarily in rifles but I wonder if is possible in a pistol.
Thanks for your input and explanation. I see now the reasoning behind the fast powder theroy. I shoot a lot of lead too but always after shooting maybe 500 to 1000 jacketed bullets first in a new gun. I started shooting lead at 790 FPS in a Kimber from the get go several years ago and got very bad leading. After slugging the bore and determining that the bullets were .002 oversize I concluded that perhaps the barell wasnt completly smooth. 500 rds of hardball later back to the very same bullet and load and no leading.
Your years of experience and willingness to share information from your testing are always appreciated here[:)]