Well, I've gone through most of the 500rds I did in my first batch. The first 50rds ran fine, but maybe I should have tested a few more before doing 450 more rounds LOL:
5.0gr Blue Dot
Berries 147gr RN Plated
1.168 OAL
Federal #100 primers
I'm using a standard Glock 17, and I just replaced all my springs. 5.0gr was the minimum listed in the Speer book for this load. I had the occasional FTE, and could tell these things were shooting pretty darn light. I'm thinking I will step it up to ~5.2gr and see how that works. I'm not stuck on Blue Dot or anything, but basically just trying to come up with a cheap, light load for basic range practice. Blue Dot just seems to be one of those common powders that you can always find around, which was part of the reason I tried it this time. If anyone has any light load they've tried and have found to work well, I'd be glad to hear about it.
5.0gr Blue Dot
Berries 147gr RN Plated
1.168 OAL
Federal #100 primers
I'm using a standard Glock 17, and I just replaced all my springs. 5.0gr was the minimum listed in the Speer book for this load. I had the occasional FTE, and could tell these things were shooting pretty darn light. I'm thinking I will step it up to ~5.2gr and see how that works. I'm not stuck on Blue Dot or anything, but basically just trying to come up with a cheap, light load for basic range practice. Blue Dot just seems to be one of those common powders that you can always find around, which was part of the reason I tried it this time. If anyone has any light load they've tried and have found to work well, I'd be glad to hear about it.