185g AR 450 bushmaster
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Hi guys I'm new to the forum but I have been reloading long enough to keep myself out of trouble?
I've been playing around with the 185g sierra jhp, and Lil' Gun but was wondering if you guys had any incite with any 185g loads. I'm not trying to get the fastest round but trying to push it out farther on the range with speeds over the 2200 mark. I found out that I would need a faster primer than the cci primer I'm using. I was able to get the right crimp on the round to stop the soot on the case I think if I can duplicate the round. Anyways the questions that I have are...
1. What are some of the primers do you guys think work the best.
2. What is the shortest OAL could I use to give me even more bullet to grab onto.
3. Does anyone recommend any other bullets that might work better?
3. Dose Lil' Gun burn better with higher grains in the cartridge. For example I found some unburned powder in my barrel at lower grains vs. Little to none at the highest grain loads with the same heavy crimp.
4. Has anyone used faster burning powders?
I'm sure there are other questions that I have but that's a few to get me farther down the road if anyone has any input I'm here to learn all I can. Ill post my findings once I have some worth posting all I have now are cases with some soot on some and none on others with no pressure signs, figured I should talk to some experts before I get to ahead of myself.
I've been playing around with the 185g sierra jhp, and Lil' Gun but was wondering if you guys had any incite with any 185g loads. I'm not trying to get the fastest round but trying to push it out farther on the range with speeds over the 2200 mark. I found out that I would need a faster primer than the cci primer I'm using. I was able to get the right crimp on the round to stop the soot on the case I think if I can duplicate the round. Anyways the questions that I have are...
1. What are some of the primers do you guys think work the best.
2. What is the shortest OAL could I use to give me even more bullet to grab onto.
3. Does anyone recommend any other bullets that might work better?
3. Dose Lil' Gun burn better with higher grains in the cartridge. For example I found some unburned powder in my barrel at lower grains vs. Little to none at the highest grain loads with the same heavy crimp.
4. Has anyone used faster burning powders?
I'm sure there are other questions that I have but that's a few to get me farther down the road if anyone has any input I'm here to learn all I can. Ill post my findings once I have some worth posting all I have now are cases with some soot on some and none on others with no pressure signs, figured I should talk to some experts before I get to ahead of myself.