At the range today to test some new loads, afterwards I figured I would use up some old reloads I made a few months ago for a ladder test of 55 grain V-max and tac. In march or so when I made them they had had non-amazing accuracy so I put the rest away. First couple of shots today weren't even on the paper which was kind of alarming, then I noticed I was getting a puff of smoke about 20 feet downrange of me, I shot one more directly into the berm and saw no dirt kick up, leading me to think the bullets were just disintegrating soon after leaving the barrel.
This was happening with 24.5 of TAC and the CCI 41, which was the lowest charge I had tried previously. It seems kind of curious that the heat of today would have such an effect on these bullets, especially since I was testing with an entire grain more powder previously and not seeing this effect.
This was happening with 24.5 of TAC and the CCI 41, which was the lowest charge I had tried previously. It seems kind of curious that the heat of today would have such an effect on these bullets, especially since I was testing with an entire grain more powder previously and not seeing this effect.