by Jim in Houston » Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:43 pm
With a dearth of reloading supplies, I picked up some Remington 7-1/2 and CCI 400's in addition to my normal WSR's. I reloaded a dozen 225 gr FTX .452 cal (Midway blems) with 38 grains of Lil Gun for each of the three primers and shot them at 100 yards. It was about 95 degrees with a SE wind (from 7 or 8 o'clock). I had no misfires or any other problems with any of the three brands. For comparison, I also shot some Hornady Bushmaster 450 250 g FTX rounds. Here are the chrono results and images of the best group out of the four three round groups I shot with each. The WSR's gave the best groups, but the others weren't bad (for me - I am not a really good group shooter), but the Remingtons had higher overall velocities. Note, due to limitations on the number of attachments that can be posted, the Remington Group image is in the next post.
Chime in with any comments.
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- Chrono Table for Primer Comparison
- Primer Comparison Chrono Table.jpg (93.08 KiB) Viewed 10426 times
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- Best Group with Factory Hornady 450 BM
- 01 Best Group Hornady Factory FTX 250 Bushmaster 450 cropped.jpg (90.13 KiB) Viewed 10426 times
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- Best Group with 225 FTX and WSR Primers
- 02 Best Group Handload FTX 225 WSR cropped.jpg (78.32 KiB) Viewed 10426 times
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- Best Group with 225 FTX and CCI 400 Primers
- 03 Best Group Handload FTX 225 CCI400 cropped.jpg (81.78 KiB) Viewed 10426 times
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Jim in Houston on Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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