Spooling up for DR leg points

[Pauley, Ralph]

So with the outdoor matches starting up and those honorable folks looking for points this season.  Time to share our magic formula for reloads.

 

My formula was worked up AFTER I made my badge with factory ammo.  Remington 158 SWC if you are curious.  Although Fed American Eagle 158 LRN worked just as well.

 

DR load for Dan:

Cases sorted by headstamp, Deprime then cleaned with liquid and pins method.  Air dry on an old beach towel (fully dry)

Load with Federal primers preferred but caution while handling/loading they are delicate.  Winchester an option but require more of a firing pin strike.

(the secret) Zero swaged 158 SWC.  (double secret) Tumble lube with Lee Liquid Alox,  dump onto an old cookie sheet and let them dry for 2~3 days.  Give cookie sheet a shake after an hour or so to re-distribute the LLA.  Should be tacky but not sticky.

 

Powder?  I use 3.2gr of HTG (Hodgdon Tite-Group) but other powders would work equally well.  The secret is the bullet.

 

Expand just enough to start the bullet.  Seat separate just to the edge of the crimp groove. Seat from shoulder preferred,  If seat from nose, watch for variations in seat depth as the die gets crud build up.  Remove and clean seating die every primer tube/100 rounds. 

 

Crimp separate from seating,  I use a pretty strong Roll crimp using Lee Factory Crimp Die

 

Shoots accurate, consistent with mild recoil.  Does not foul up the rifling as would swaged bullets without LLA tumble.

 

DO NOT, substitute cast bullets in this recipe.  Cast bullets can be accurate but require a significant increase in powder/power. 

 

I suspect you might be able to substitute another brand of soft swaged bullets, such as the Speer or Remington or Hornady with the powder lube, however my experience is leading in the barrel with these.  Never tried the LLA over the top of powder lube.

 

You have time, get the components and verify it works in your gun.   Work on your long line game.  All the points are in slow fire.  In my humble opinion Double action is the easy way to shoot rapid.  Keep the trigger moving and do the best you can to squeeze the sight alignment into perfection.  It will move as you squeeze.  Find a grip angle/technique that allows the front sight to get all the wiggles out then back to the center just as the hammer falls.  Make some dry fire cases from cracked or damaged brass.  De-prime then fill the hole with hot glue.  Cool then trim with razor blade.  Cut them short and or paint weird color.  Blank wall dry fire Double action mode and call the front sights position as the hammer falls.  Call the path it takes during the squeeze.  Being aware of the movement and how your squeeze pushes it around. 

 

Someone else have a known great load DR load.

 

R Dan Pauley – Badge number 59

 

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[Bruce Martindale]

Winchester factory RN police loads were best for me, I only had two boxes. The SWC works well I am told. The Rem did not. 

Reloads you are right on cast bullets and more powder; 4.2 to 4.9 Unique with 158 gr cast was very good, even at long line

Good luck, DR #27.    

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