NOE 200gr WFN

[jmm701]

Im interested in what your OAL was for this load.  I am loading a similar one with 7.5gr of be-86 and was wondering if I should seat the bullet down further 1.22-1.23 like with other wide meplat bullets or if 1.24-1.25 seemed to work for you.

thanks,

I'm going to order a second seating/TC die.  The twenty five rounds I loaded in once fired Starline brass today were over 7.2gr of BE-86 as I wanted to drop it back a notch.  Five rounds over the Chrony were 1,198fps, 1,205fps, 1,209fps, 1,210fps and 1,215fps.  They landed in a group as shown in the attached photo.  A bit left of my zero with Hornady's 180gr XTP factory load.

I also fired the remaining twenty rounds off hand using my 9 round McCormick magazines loaded with a chambered round and they were 100%.  The lead shavings from yesterdays loads apparently were the culprit in the failures to chamber.  Recoil is stout, not as bad as my two 4" .44 Magnum revolvers but you know the primer worked.

I believe I'm going to continue with the 7.2gr loading as it pretty well meets my goal and doesn't feel as blasty as the 7.6gr load.  A 200gr WFN at 1,200fps should topple over any critter east of the Mississippi river.

[The_Shadow]

jmm701, with MEPLAT being over 0.300" you will find that 1.2420" to be about the right COAL for most semi auto guns for reliable feeding.

[Rick R]

I'm not where I can get to my notes or measure a loaded round for a few days. I'd defer to The Shadow on OAL.