Thread: Load determination / Handloading for my AR15

I dont suppose I will put up my full notes on what I have been doing but some interesting points on projectiles,

I noticed that the Barnaul ammo I tried had a far bigger vertical spread than horizontal suggesting handloads may do better and they are cheap!

Anyway I have weighed some projectiles to check out the above theory,

Barnaul 62 Grain FMJs - 19 cents each
<61 = 10
61.1~< 61.8 = 27
61.8~62.2gr = 25 (10 made up as a test load to see potential, make up another 10 of lowest and highest to compare grouping with)
>62.2~62.9 = 13
>62.9 = 4

(I will go back and do these in 0.1gr) variation is huge 60.7 to 63.3gr.

Job to do, strip out loaded Barnaul's and compare charge weights and projectile weights to see if the charge varies as much as the projectiles do.

Armscor 62 Grain FMJs - 31cents each
60.9 = 2
61.0 = 0
61.1 = 2
61.2 = 4
61.3 = 12
61.4 = 4
61.5 = 12
61.6 = 13
61.7 = 5
61.8 = 1
61.9 = 1
62.0 = 2
62.1 = 0

ADI 62gr FMJs - 26cents each
60.7 = 2
60.8 = 7
60.9 = 10
61.0 = 10
61.1 = 9
61.2 = 12
61.3 = 7
61.4 = 9
61.5 = 8
61.6 = 15
61.7 = 17
61.8 = 21
61.9 = 21
62.0 = 10
62.1 = 6
62.2 = 0

I would have said the ADI looked the best finished by far and the Armscor the worst, yet the weight variation favours the Armscor!

CMJs 13.5cents each

These will hopefully turn up this week and I can load some of these as well.

Next we'll see which shoots the best!