Very good advice.greenmtnguy said:These days, you almost have to buy any of several "flexible" powders you can find when you spot them, and then maybe trade with your friends for your favorites
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Very good advice.greenmtnguy said:These days, you almost have to buy any of several "flexible" powders you can find when you spot them, and then maybe trade with your friends for your favorites
Yes, that is the plan... But probably not much testing until it warms up a bit . Haven't got out to shoot yet this month either due to snow/cold, work, and honey-dos .Will you be testing other calibers with CFE Pistol?
Rclark said:New is relative It is 'new' in relation to many other powders like Unique (since around 1900)... Only one manual that I have had data for CFE Pistol and it was in magazine format.... Most of us haven't seen much powder around the few years anyway.... Being 'new' to me, I thought I'd get to know it a bit better.
Assume you are talking COL. Have no idea. I crimp into the crimp groove as usual with SWC bullets . As for overcharge, yep, I knew that... The powder is slower than Unique however, closer to HS-6, so I tested it basically 1.0g higher (7.0g and 7.5g) than the max of 6.6g a 28.5K PSI load. SAAMI for .357 is 35K psi which means there is some wiggle room. Cases fall right out, no sign of over pressure with the standard CCI-500 primer (you can see the results in the .357 table in a previous post on the previous page.) ... So no biggie. Also no sign of leading with the load after 150 rounds or so (100 being the CFE Pistol 7.0g load). I am going to retest the 6.5g load for accuracy next, hopefully this weekend.At what length were you running these?