re: Reloading Manual

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Same one I have and that’s a good price! Have you ever tried it without the pins?

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I haven’t. I will normally throw the brass, pins, water, and just a little bit of solution in there and let it run for only an hour.

I have a hornady separator that I really like.

What in the hell? I throw my brass in some old Tupper wear containers filled with saw dust and car wax. Set it on top the refrigerator to agitate and the next day they're good as new.

Barrel length comes into play but most all powder companies use 26” barrels. Barrel twist will effect it as well.

Outside conditions also come into play. It it’s 80 degrees outside, the bullet will travel at a different speed vs 40 degrees.

The COAL on those is slightly different which you addressed.

But most of those numbers are a reasonable average and I’ve been able to get somewhat close but not always.

I haven’t been able to get my grendel reloads up to factory speeds but I haven’t gotten that far with it. Just have to find the right combination of powder, butler and seating depth.

And one other thing. Typically Bergers like to be seated into the lands.
There is a step by step process on their website to get the correct seating depth.

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guess I need to stretch it out some and see what happens

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100yds will tell you may more than you think but a chronograph comes in real hand when doing so.

When you get that seating depth correct with the proper load, you’ll be getting low single digit S/D’s and small E/S’s. And if you’re doing your job right, you’ll have a 5 shot group that’s a single ragged hole.

ETA: this is where a labradar shines as a magnetospeed can cause a slight POI shift.

Got that labradar, it pretty cool

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Read a good bit on them and the HF one doesn't hold enough for me to mess with. I just ordered the Frankford arsenal tumbler. I started out with the sonic cleaner then went to the vibratory tumbler and now the wet tumbler.

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Ya, it holds right at 200 260/6.5 creed cases. Could probably get more, but thats all I really have time to fool with anyway. My reloading is a multinight process with pretty much one step a night.

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Here is an online manual that includes a basic how-to section and a section on loading for competitions:

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LINK

On page 147 of this manual, it gives a description of NRA Action Pistol shooting. This is my game. This manual was written in 1998 and since that time more than 90% (probably closer to 95%) of the guns that shoot this match are semi-autos with the most being 9mm in the Production and Metallic Divisions and 38 Super in the Open Division. I shoot 9mm in the Open Division and reload a 115gr bullet that goes about 1250fps. It combines speed with accuracy. I've been going to the Bianchi Cup for a few years now and am already registered for this year.