I love my Dillon 550. Have loaded tens of thousands of rounds on it, in thirty years.Just finished up 1000 rounds of 40 S&W 180 grain fmj over 5.1 W231, starting on some 165 gr for 40 tonight. All these loads ere done on dillon 550. I ran across a bunch of pulled bullets and got them cheap, some have small pull marks but haven't affected accuracy fo me what so ever. When bullets are a quarter of the price i have no issues trying them out!
h322 even new has that greenish color to it, first time i ever used it i questioned it also.I loaded my .308 with H322. Had a pretty old can of it (round, cardboard can) and when I poured it into the powder hopper I was a little concerned by the color of the powder. Had a light, greenish-grey color.
Opened a newer can and it looked the same. You can tell that I don't normally load with H322. Lol
Finished up my can of 748 on the 30-06 ammo.
I have 2 550's one set up for small primer loading and the other is set up for large primer loading, then at present the 1050 auto is set up for 9mm only, i have the parts for 40 and 45 for it also but my family goes thru a lot of 9mmI love my Dillon 550. Have loaded tens of thousands of rounds on it, in thirty years.
I hadn't heard of rmr but their FMJs are not much more than the Berry's I have been loading. I'll have to give them a shot.Loaded up 50 9mm with Rocky Mountain Reloading 124gr Multi-Purpose Rounds. If all goes as they did in smaller batches, will be time to load up more, many more.
I hadn't heard of rmr but their FMJs are not much more than the Berry's I have been loading. I'll have to give them a shot.
AA #7 takes up a lot of volume in the case. I think the COAL plays a huge part in pressure when using #7 in 9mm. When I started reloading, the LGS recommended #7 (wise for many reasons at the time), and I still really like the stuff. I've looked at Sooo many recipies for it, and they are wildly different - from 8.4g is too much, to 9.6g compressed still isn't considered +P. I'm a little OCD and over-engineer at times, and this drove me crazy!Accurate #7? That sounds like a lot of grains.
Bullet?I just checked my Layman's book and it has a max load of #7 at 7.8g....@1120fps
Got me a little nervous.
I finally got a chance to chrono my recent rounds. Berry's 124gn rn with 7.2ish grains of AA #7 and they chronod out below 1000fps so I'm going to try bumping it up .2 or .3. At least you know you can't get a double charge.AA #7 takes up a lot of volume in the case. I think the COAL plays a huge part in pressure when using #7 in 9mm. When I started reloading, the LGS recommended #7 (wise for many reasons at the time), and I still really like the stuff. I've looked at Sooo many recipies for it, and they are wildly different - from 8.4g is too much, to 9.6g compressed still isn't considered +P. I'm a little OCD and over-engineer at times, and this drove me crazy!
When I started to really pay attention, the variables broke down to the COAL AND the length and base of the bullet. Long bullet seated deep vs short bullet barely in the case. With AA #7, there's not much empty space to start with, so I think this makes a big difference.
That said, most of my loads using AA #7 are 124's at 8.5-6g and 115's at 8.6-8g
For the Speer 124g GDHP, I have info from both Speer and Accurate (Western Powder)That's interesting. Accurate lists a Max load of 7.4 @ 1090fps. The only reason I find that interesting is because they list a much hotter charge for the 124 grain plates that I run compared to the Lee guide.