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Post by x101airborne on Oct 11, 2022 5:29:53 GMT -5
Too bad when I was a LEO I didn't lay in a stock of the AP ammo. They shut that down real fast. I have been shooting one off and on for nearly 15 years now. Great little varmint gun when a rifle is cumbersome. As seen above, they are pretty hard on stew meat. Now turtles sunning on a log are just awesome!!
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Post by flyingzebra on Oct 11, 2022 6:18:05 GMT -5
As seen above, they are pretty hard on stew meat That rabbit went to pieces over the 35gr handload to run from the handgun at over 2kFPS It's also easy enough to load it down to rimfire level Revolver makes it really easy Maybe we'll see someone here handload for the autoloader |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 11, 2022 12:38:56 GMT -5
I was one of the 1st I'd heard about to Buy an FN 5 seven... got all the reloading components, even had a carbine Contender barrel made... the cartridge is interesting ( would be more interesting if the cases weren't lacquered ) & the gun was designed around a locked breech... I actually liked the combo on the Contender... & the 20 round handgun was cool... ammo impossible to find the 1st shortage, after I had the gun... high cases failure rate reloading, out of the autos ( blows the shoulder nearly 1/8" further forward, causing extreme case fatigue... the Condender with the solid breech, the cases lasted much longer... I was getting about a 10% failure rate resizing cases from the autos... the once fired cases I bought on line, that I think were from auto rifles were worse than the handgun... have sold off all my 5 Seven stuff now, & started playing with the Cooper centerfire magnum ( even had a custom revolver built in that caliber...
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Post by blacktailslayer on Oct 11, 2022 13:48:12 GMT -5
I am very intrigued by this little round, not sure if I am ready to play just yet though. Maybe just need to do more investigative work before I dip my toe in the water on this one.
Don D.
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Post by flyingzebra on Oct 12, 2022 22:03:46 GMT -5
I am very intrigued by this little round, not sure if I am ready to play just yet though. Maybe just need to do more investigative work before I dip my toe in the water on this one. Don D. For me the choice was easy I had a cylinder blank, the reamer, a donor Single Six, and thousands of pieces of brass Someone handed me a barrel blank and the rest was just work until I had a running screamer of a 22 Handloading for the autoloader has limitations, but apparently the trail has been blazed long ago by others It's a sensitive cartridge, but I don't think that any experienced handloader should be intimidated by it The cool little cast bullets look like they'd be great for getting small meat critters |
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Post by starmetal47 on Oct 12, 2022 23:11:40 GMT -5
I am very intrigued by this little round, not sure if I am ready to play just yet though. Maybe just need to do more investigative work before I dip my toe in the water on this one. Don D. For me the choice was easy I had a cylinder blank, the reamer, a donor Single Six, and thousands of pieces of brass Someone handed me a barrel blank and the rest was just work until I had a running screamer of a 22 Handloading for the autoloader has limitations, but apparently the trail has been blazed long ago by others It's a sensitive cartridge, but I don't think that any experienced handloader should be intimidated by it The cool little cast bullets look like they'd be great for getting small meat critters I have a question on reloading that round. I've heard as it comes from the factory the case is coated with some kind of polymer and when you reload it the coating fouls up the sizer die, which also removes the coating. This is the one thing that deteres one of my best friends from buy a firearn in that caliber. I suggested that you can probably spray the cases with some form of polymer after you sized and cleaned them. Tell me what you know about this. |
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Post by flyingzebra on Oct 13, 2022 4:54:00 GMT -5
Brass is coated with something
I won't try to give that something a name
I've seen in discussions about handloading for the autoloader that the coating is important for proper firearm function
I haven't owned or operated one of the autoloaders - but from what I have seen in discussions is that in functional operation, the case is moving in the chamber while there's still pretty good pressure in the chamber - the coating appears to be there to help the guns operate and keep the brass together (perhaps keep them from pulling rims off etc) during operation - Perhaps more in some models of 5.7x28 autoloader than others
I've seen discussion of case shoulders getting moved forward in the gun, again perhaps in some guns more than others - perhaps due to this
That's not a problem for me while handloading or while running the cartridge in the revolver
My chambers support the case fully, all the way to the rims, and for the duration of the internal ballistics event
As for the coating effecting my dies, I haven't had a problem - although I haven't attempted to get the brass super-clean in my loading process - I haven't used any chemicals etc except for a small bit of soap in a very brief wet tumble with stainless pins - I'm not going for "shiny new" look, just cleaned up enough for proper loading
It might be possible to upset the coating enough (with chemicals or aggressive cleaning) to get it to screw up the dies
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