So some of you may have seen my last thread on my CFE 223 chrono numbers. I also had a thread earlier about factory hornady Amax showing pressure signs in my rifle. Based on my own thoughts and the advice of others on this board I decided to ignore the signs and keep shooting those factory loads anyway.
My question is what are the signs that should actually scare you? and what are the results going to be of those signs? I have some factory hornady brass with super flat primers and even had one pierced primer. Now on my CFE 223 loads I am working up pretty high and I am not seeing these signs. Why should I be concerned with those loads over the factory hornady loads?
Attached are some pictures from my most recent trip out. I have 10 rounds of 31.5 CFE, 10 rounds 31.8 CFE, 10 rounds of 32.1 CFE, and 10 rounds factory hornady amax in the box flipped over so you can see the primers. What do you guys see here? What I see is no flattening of the primers on 31.5 and 31.8 ( one primer in 31.8 was slightly edged). I then see the primers on the 32.1 slightly flattening. I also see that the stamp is a little more worn on the case head but these cases have been reloaded twice compared to the new hornady cases. Is there any ejector swiping? The craters look about the same throughout. I went ahead and punched out the primers on the cases that looked the most suspect and took pictures of them. The hornady primers are really flat, much more flat than any of the CFE 223 primers.
Am I missing anything? What am I risking if I keep going up in charge on the CFE 223? I would really like to see what 32.4 grains and maybe even 32.7 grains would yield in terms of velocity. I am also not seeing any big spikes in velocity as I have gun up so far.
Thoughts?
My question is what are the signs that should actually scare you? and what are the results going to be of those signs? I have some factory hornady brass with super flat primers and even had one pierced primer. Now on my CFE 223 loads I am working up pretty high and I am not seeing these signs. Why should I be concerned with those loads over the factory hornady loads?
Attached are some pictures from my most recent trip out. I have 10 rounds of 31.5 CFE, 10 rounds 31.8 CFE, 10 rounds of 32.1 CFE, and 10 rounds factory hornady amax in the box flipped over so you can see the primers. What do you guys see here? What I see is no flattening of the primers on 31.5 and 31.8 ( one primer in 31.8 was slightly edged). I then see the primers on the 32.1 slightly flattening. I also see that the stamp is a little more worn on the case head but these cases have been reloaded twice compared to the new hornady cases. Is there any ejector swiping? The craters look about the same throughout. I went ahead and punched out the primers on the cases that looked the most suspect and took pictures of them. The hornady primers are really flat, much more flat than any of the CFE 223 primers.
Am I missing anything? What am I risking if I keep going up in charge on the CFE 223? I would really like to see what 32.4 grains and maybe even 32.7 grains would yield in terms of velocity. I am also not seeing any big spikes in velocity as I have gun up so far.
Thoughts?
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