dieselrealtor
Master
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After reading several threads on WC842 I picked up from an Ingo'er a while back that got it from Profire. I was working up a load to be a general all around load to load up 8#, around 2000+ for bulk/store away ammo.
Processed 1x fired LC brass trimmed to 1.75" +/- .003
S&B spp
55gr Hornady fmjbt wc
2.25 oal
crimped in the cannelure Lee collet crimp die
At 25.2gr + or so speeds on the high end 10' away from muzzle were just over 3000fps from 16" barrel, carbine length gas system.
Worked up to 25.4 gr & noticed some pressure signs with flowing primers (ridge) after depriming, however the load didn't "feel" much different than some Wolf gold factory that I had shot.
My plan is to back off till the primer looks normal (not flowing into a mushroom), would like decent velocity to shoot out to 300m or so.
Curious what others experiences are for serious pressure signs & how far from that "line" do some people run loads?
Do the CCI 5.56 primers make much of a difference in hot loads?
Thanks in advance.
After reading several threads on WC842 I picked up from an Ingo'er a while back that got it from Profire. I was working up a load to be a general all around load to load up 8#, around 2000+ for bulk/store away ammo.
Processed 1x fired LC brass trimmed to 1.75" +/- .003
S&B spp
55gr Hornady fmjbt wc
2.25 oal
crimped in the cannelure Lee collet crimp die
At 25.2gr + or so speeds on the high end 10' away from muzzle were just over 3000fps from 16" barrel, carbine length gas system.
Worked up to 25.4 gr & noticed some pressure signs with flowing primers (ridge) after depriming, however the load didn't "feel" much different than some Wolf gold factory that I had shot.
My plan is to back off till the primer looks normal (not flowing into a mushroom), would like decent velocity to shoot out to 300m or so.
Curious what others experiences are for serious pressure signs & how far from that "line" do some people run loads?
Do the CCI 5.56 primers make much of a difference in hot loads?
Thanks in advance.