meles meles Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Does anyone here have experience of using and loading for LOS solid brass bullets? http://losmanufacturing.com/components/solid-brass-bullets/ Suggestions for a starting load for the 165 gn HT .308" bullet in a 16 inch long, 1 in 8 twist, barrel would be appreciated, ideally with Reload Swiss powders (due to availability) though Viht & Ramshot would also be considered. Brass will be GGG. Ranges will be 300, 600 and 1000 m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 If your shooting on MOD ranges I don't think that solids are allowed in the range orders but I stand to be corrected on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaedra1106uk Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Monolithic bullets are not permitted on MOD ranges due to the increased ricochet risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meles meles Posted March 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 We weren't planning to use them on MoD ranges. It would appear that these bullets don't seem to have been much explored in the UK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadcenter Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I did a bit of looking at these a bit back. It seems that there is very little friction within the barrel with these bullets as they run on the bands around them. I read that the way to tune them was to increase loads steadily until muzzle velocity stopped rising. That was your max load. You could then experiment downwards to find your nodes. Apparently, because of the low friction in the barrel, pressure signs probably won't be an issue with the correct powder for weight of bullet - as per most manuals. I have some of bullets myself but haven't got around to playing with them yet. So........ PLEASE BE CAREFUL, do some research and see if some of the well learned folk on here chip in. I'll follow this myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Disorder Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 We weren't planning to use them on MoD ranges. It would appear that these bullets don't seem to have been much explored in the UK... You may not know but Black Rifle is the distributor of these in the UK. We've sold quite a lot of them, but they're not supplied with any form of load data which does put some people off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meles meles Posted April 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 Oh we do know: you sold them to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meles meles Posted May 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 We thought it time to resurrect this thread and see if any more suggestions arose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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