#AEROFLY RC 7 FPS TOO SLOW FULL#

I'm not hunting with my Vaqueros, just knocking over plates and enticing my friends and family to become shooters.Īlso, Triplebeards, nice boolits! Where can I find the purple ones!!! Mine are red and I am not a fan. Both are shootable but for my kids and lady-friends I think the 400 fps is a better option. A 600 fps bullet is noticeably more snappy. What I did learn is that a bullet coming out the barrel at 400 fps is a powder puff. I have always heard that 500 fps is considered minimal acceptable but that might be FMJ. 452 bullet out of a 7' barrel at 283 fps, I would not have expected that. I've had one squib-stuck bullet in my life and prefer not to repeat. Not going to try messing with it again at these low levels because it could get dangerous. I think BNE may be onto something with powder position. I know it's largish but it fits the crimp groove well. So what gives? I was loading at a COAL of 1.600. But my measured velocities at 4.4 were WAY lower than published data at 4.6.

I can say that 4.6/4.7 grains is noticeably snappier than 6.0 grains of Unique. Yes, I got my data from them and figured dropping to 4.4 would be OK with such a high fps at 4.5/4.6 grains. The OP should probably increase that load a bit.' This should be an appropriate load but for whatever reason it is not. 'Hodgdon’s starting load for a 250-grain bullet is 4.5 grains of TB at 903 fps and 8800 psi. Any heavier charge and my groups open up. My gun recoils like a 22 wmr and will drive tacks. I would tell you to bump your load back up to at least 5.2 grains. I believe the minimum suggested charge was 5 grains of powder with my load.loaded at normal lengths. I was told by two diff ent load techs that My load was fine. Anyways, I was afraid of a possible squib because of the low velocities and called hodgen to ask if my load was alright.

#AEROFLY RC 7 FPS TOO SLOW FULL#

The starting charge is either 70 or 80 percent of full capacity if I remember correctly. I was afraid of a squib since I was approx 55% case capacity with my long loaded ammo. I can stack boolits on top of each other at 25 yards with the load when I do my part. It’s under the minimum charge recommendation charge (case capacity) because I loaded it long. It will push through all my forcing cones with finger pressure. I load a 255 grain lee boolit long to the bottom crimp groove just off the forcing cones. After measuring my minimum charge which as around 5.1 grains loaded at the top crimp groove I had a brain fart and never re measured after deciding to load it long.and adding a magnum primer (since I had not standard primers) to boot. I have a post somewhere here from a couple years ago using 5.2 grains of trail boss in my 45 colt new vaquero.

So what is the slowest acceptable fps to ensure the bullet does not get stuck? I'm looking for actual insight and that is not useful.

Or is the Trailboss a problem at low volumes?Īlso, if you're one those guys who responds by saying, 'Give up reloading, you are an idiot' please don't bother. I think the Hornady is having a hard time dropping the powder accurately at these low levels. This was from a 7' New Vaquero with throats I reamed. 10 feet from muzzle, average was 435 fps. Took the batch out to the range and ran it on the chronograph today. It never occurred to me that a slow bullet could be more dangerous than a fast bullet. Bullet completely intact (SNS casting polymer lubed). Was out in the back yard testing rounds to see if they made it out the barrel and one rebounded off a cherry log and hit me straight in the chest. I got the itch to push the load a little lower and went to 4.4 gr Trailboss. That said, I came upon a couple pounds of Trailboss and switched over from 6.0 gr. Two Hornady LNL's, an RCBS and a Lyman single stage. Never had any major problems and am generally satisfied with results. I've been reloading for the last 15 years.

Aerofly rc 7 fps too slow