Loaded my first rounds

[drgrant]

No not yet.

I was going to have my brother stand next to the muzzle and when i take a shot have him run towards the berm. Measure distance traveled and divide by stupidity = FPS.

Any recommendations on one? Was looking on midway today.

Buy one yesterday. Even one of the $89 F1 Chronys will work fine. The fancier chronos are less picky about lighting, etc. Fancier chronos will also have data printers, which is a nice touch.. some let you DL the data into a PC, etc, but most of these are going to cost a lot more
than the F1.

I can't imagine reloading without one. I bought mine even before I loaded a single round, because I wanted to get a baseline off of the commercial ammo I normally shot.

I'd also get a notebook and start keeping records. EG, record the following..

-Date / Time / Temperature (this is relatively important, as powders change with temp! )

-Model of gun

-Primer, Charge, powder brand bullet, bullet weight, OAL, etc.

What I do when I make a new load is I fire 10 shots across the chrono through each gun I'm going to use it out of. This lets me build a mound of data so that I already have an idea of how a given combo is going to work. Also lets you verify that your loads really are making or exceeding required power factor, etc....

-Mike

 

[Underwhere]

Buy one yesterday. Even one of the $89 F1 Chronys will work fine. The fancier chronos are less picky about lighting, etc. Fancier chronos will also have data printers, which is a nice touch.. some let you DL the data into a PC, etc, but most of these are going to cost a lot more
than the F1.

I can't imagine reloading without one. I bought mine even before I loaded a single round, because I wanted to get a baseline off of the commercial ammo I normally shot.

I'd also get a notebook and start keeping records. EG, record the following..

-Date / Time / Temperature (this is relatively important, as powders change with temp! )

-Model of gun

-Primer, Charge, powder brand bullet, bullet weight, OAL, etc.

What I do when I make a new load is I fire 10 shots across the chrono through each gun I'm going to use it out of. This lets me build a mound of data so that I already have an idea of how a given combo is going to work. Also lets you verify that your loads really are making or exceeding required power factor, etc....

-Mike

I started a small spreadsheet. I'll have to add a few more columns.

 

[9000S]

Me too!!!

Loaded some .45 ACP with some W231 5.0grns under a 200grn plated rainer bullet. With the recipe formulas I got I should be shooting around a 830-850FPS range I guess. All mine went bang too!! Still all my fingers as well. I cant wait to crank out some more as well! Its going to be fun... My only downside is that my press and set up is in my room... yea.... and I don't have it "secured" per many recomendations. I am getting very consistent powder throws and measureas on the OAL of all my rounds, so I think I just need to go slow.

OAL= 1.233--1.237 mostly I was getting a lot of 1.234's

This will be so fun to make my own arsenal muahhahahah. "Ammo Cache" god it sounds so nice!

 

[DukeInFlorida]

Keep in mind that most reloading books refer to over all length (OAL) as a MIN over all length (MOAL)... Meaning, should not be shorter than. Yours sound fine.

OAL= 1.233--1.237 mostly I was getting a lot of 1.234's

This will be so fun to make my own arsenal muahhahahah. "Ammo Cache" god it sounds so nice!