Last week I cleaned the brass.
Today 1st I built about 60+ 45/70's in 3 weights. I've liked the Missouri bullet companies Hard coated bullets so far. The rounds I built were very mild. Now that I know what to expect from them I upped the heat a little. Both 300's and 405's were 10 gr unique before. My results have mirrored the load data I'm using very well. So for each bullet weight I used the load of Unigue that showed the best groups in their data.
Today I built MBC 300's with 12 grs.
Then I built some 405's with 11 grs.
Then I tried some Berry's plated 350 gr. I loaded these to 11 gr as well.
Then I prepped a couple of hundred 44 mag cases. The unloaded ones are ready to prime and load.
I built 25 44 mags with a 240 gr Berry's plated bullets riding on 7 gr Unique. I next built the same thing with 7.5gr. I'm also going to build 25 more each of 8 + 8.5 grains. Then I'll start over and build 25 each in matching cartridges but with the 240 gr Berry's target hollow points. That way I can test the load for accuracy and speed. And compare the RNFP to the Plated target HP at 4 different levels each. Out of those 8 loads I should find something that works good for me. Then I'll build a bunch of the winner.
