05-18-2023, 11:46 PM
Most of the ammo I have used in my previous 16" upper was nothing more than Wolf classic FMJ with the bullet being replaced with either the 90 grain TNT or the Nosler 100 grain Partition. This gave very useful accuracy and both bullets provided dead animals. Most of my actual reloading was done for various HOWA Mini rifles. Had one each of all three barrel contours and all went down the road, mostly because they were so hard to not sell for a profit and I did not like the magazine setup or the stock. So I find myself with a new upper and a couple of boxes of ammo loaded for the last HOWA I owned. I pulled the bullets Poured the BLC2 powder into a coffee cup, raised the expander up in my Hornady die to not eject the primer and sized the case to more near factory specs. Then I loaded the BLC2 back into the cases at 28.5 grains then topped them with a 120 grain Barnes Matchburner bullets. Surprisingly this turned out to be a very accurate load. I topped this upper with a 1-4x Primary Arms scope that came off a rifle I got in trade. It has a big dot for an aiming point but this dot was easy to center on a paper plate at 100 yards. I only shot seven of them and four were shot getting the group near center. The last three though still not quite centered went into a very tight group that looks like two shots touching. Soon going to more thoroughly test the rest of those and some loaded with 29.5 grains of BLC2. COL was perfect at 2.245. I might even put a scope meant for shooting groups on it as I have a 6x SWFA SS laying around brand new. On the other hand I could leave the rather course 1-4 on it and do some hog hunting with it Hmmmm. Need another Leupold base made for a 30mm scope first anyway. Midway will fix me up.