Hello John!
14 May 96 21:59, John Sandow wrote to Brian Sawyers:
 BS> JS>> Details will follow later, but I hit 2633fps with a 35gr slug.
 BS> JS>> :-) That's 540 ft/lbs, and it even had enough momentum to cycle
 BS> JS>> the slide! I'm happy.
 JS> Using Vihta Vuori N320 powder, magnum primers, and carefully working
 JS> up to a maximum load.  You might try starting with 7.0gr, but this is
 JS> unchartered territory, you _have_ to evaluate each and every load as
 JS> it is fired.  I make no claims for your ability to duplicate this,
 JS> unless I can watch you duplicate what I did exactly.  And all that.
 JS> Work up in .5 grain increments until you get to about 9.0, then drop
 JS> the increment.
 JS> Bullets are made by carefully melting the lead from the Nosler 135gr
 JS> JHP, be careful, it will splatter!  Replace with your favorite
 JS> thermoplastic (I used hot glue) for practice, then use a mixture of 5
 JS> minute epoxy (make it 1.5 to twice the amount of epoxy to hardener,
 JS> not 1:1) to fill the jackets when you have a better idea of the loads
 JS> to use.  You have to work up from down low with the epoxy filled
 JS> jackets, or whenever you change your type of filler.
This sounds like fun!  I'd imagine the velocity would be impressive even at 
7.0 grains.  Might even have to break down and get a chronograph so people 
will believe me.  Maybe it's time for you to go commercial, John--this is 
past the Magsafe stuff by a wide margin.
I'm going to have to gain some experience with the Nosler 135's 
first--haven't had a chance to try them yet, but have all the components.  
Looks like I'll have to get some VV N320, despite the high price.
 BS>> I've tried near everything with mine, short of execution, and it
 BS>> still keeps beeping.
 JS> My battery dies out suddenly sometimes...  :-)
Howzabout "storing" it in the freezer when you're not on call.  Maybe it'll 
preserve the battery. . .
:^)
Later,
Brian.
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