First reloading experience

[1911guy]

I finally got enough stuff together to attempt my first reloads. Some of the components I used were a little different than what I was originally going to use, but went with what I could find locally to get started.
I used Hornady 230g jacketed RN, Winchester LP primers, 4.4 gr Bullseye powder and a 1.265 oal, with a very slight taper crimp.
I was shooting a sub 5 inch group through my Glock 21, and slightly larger through my Colt series 70 gov model, at 20 yards off hand(no rest). I could easily see sub 2" groups off of a bench rest with this load.
I felt very happy with my first reloads. This was a pretty decent semi-mild target shooting load. They cycled flawlessly through my Glock and Colt.
Many thanks to those of you who have answered some of my questions in the past, while I was getting started.

 

[Grub Master]

Good job. Keep a record of what you did and tweak it until you get it where you want it.

 

[RamRoddoc]

Welcome to the satisfying experience of rolling your own ammo. Where you shooting at 1911 guy?

 

[fuelman1]

Congrats. Thats a great load. I loaded a ton with roughly the same amount of Bullseye and had great accuracy and very manageable recoil. I like the Nosler 185 gr JHP sporting handgun bullet. It is very accurate in all my 1911's and I've never had any problems getting them to feed. I would use the same 4.4gr load of bullseye.

 

[Chuckdog]

Congrats, it's a great feeling rolling your own rounds. If you're a hunter, wait till you drop that first deer with one you put together. That was many years ago, but I can still him freezing in mid step and falling in his tracks. As stated above, keep good records on your loads. I have a notebook that I've been writing stuff in for years. Straight wall pistol brass will last a long time and through many target velocity loads. Bottleneck, and hyper velocity stuff won't get anywhere near the same life. Again, congrats on entering into world of handloading.

 

[1911guy]

Welcome to the satisfying experience of rolling your own ammo. Where you shooting at 1911 guy?

Thanks for the welcome to the world of reloading! I mainly shoot at Charlie Elliot WMA, or at my hunting property in Barnesville. I've been a couple of times lately to the Griffin Gun Club, as the guest of a friend of mine.