Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
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Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
I just got a handful of Remington 185 grain JSWC's from another shooter to try out. Any suggestions on a load for this bullet?
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Thanks,
Doug
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Thanks,
Doug
dstates- Posts : 199
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
Before I spent much time working on loads, I would make sure that I could get more of the bullets.
jmdavis- Posts : 1409
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
I just want to try them out. Any load suggestions? I am running a slide mounted red dot.
dstates- Posts : 199
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
I'd start with 3.8 to 4.2 of Bullseye.
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
OT but one of the bullets in the picture looks different, the column of 3 bullets on the right the one in the middle looks taller.
- Dave
- Dave
dronning- Posts : 2581
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
That one is different....check it on a scale. It might be a 200 grain....?
Wobbley- Admin
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just typical Remington QC??
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Thanks for the load suggestion, Wobbley.
I didn't notice that one different one earlier. These are from a friend who found them in his basement. He said they are probably 30 years old. I wouldn't be surprised if it just got mixed in by accident over the years.
I didn't notice that one different one earlier. These are from a friend who found them in his basement. He said they are probably 30 years old. I wouldn't be surprised if it just got mixed in by accident over the years.
dstates- Posts : 199
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
dronning wrote:OT but one of the bullets in the picture looks different, the column of 3 bullets on the right the one in the middle looks taller.
- Dave
Yep, looks like a Hornady FMJ C/T 200 grain.
Virgil Kane- Posts : 574
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
My suggestion is to try for a velocity of 760 fps and tweak from there.
BE Mike- Posts : 2503
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
Best load I ever had out of my first wad gun was with these. 4.4 WST, TZZ match brass, .469.
Al- Posts : 647
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
I had great ransom results with 4.3 of bullseye or Vit310.
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
Quite a few years ago, Allen Fulford used 5.0 / 5.2 grains of Nitro 100 with the Rem. SWC
I tried this load, and used it for several years.. It produced some decent RR test targets.. It shot well, but had the recoil of the famed Marine Corp N310/Nosler.
I tried this load, and used it for several years.. It produced some decent RR test targets.. It shot well, but had the recoil of the famed Marine Corp N310/Nosler.
Jerry Keefer- Posts : 1001
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
In the early 90s a fellow shooter I knew gave me a box of loaded ammo with the 185 Remington you are looking for info on. 5.0 to 5.2 of 231 is what I seem to remember, research the data. They shot well at 50 yds but became hard to find.
Tom Ginovsky
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
Midway use to sell these in a 2000 bulk box, and seems I saw them advertised in the last year or so. might check there
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
4.5-4.6gr Bullseye, Winchester primer, 1.165 OAL, no crimp. Duplicates Federal match pretty closely.
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
rreid wrote:4.5-4.6gr Bullseye, Winchester primer, 1.165 OAL, no crimp. Duplicates Federal match pretty closely.
no crimp????? how do you get it to feed? A 45 acp with no crimp will not even drop in a check gauge. that's a good load but taper crimp it to .468 if you want it to feed and function.
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
I have had great results with 4.0gr of BE using just those bullets. They are still listed as available.
BTW, used Federal cases, Win LP primers and a taper crimp. You are asking for trouble if you don't crimp. Ya gotta expand those cases if you want to seat a .452 diameter bullet.
Testing was done with a Clark 45 and a slide mounted Reddot. Can't get to a 50yd range.
Jerry Lehrer
BTW, used Federal cases, Win LP primers and a taper crimp. You are asking for trouble if you don't crimp. Ya gotta expand those cases if you want to seat a .452 diameter bullet.
Testing was done with a Clark 45 and a slide mounted Reddot. Can't get to a 50yd range.
Jerry Lehrer
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Re: Load suggestions for Remingtion 185 gr JSWC
Great bullets. I still have a loaded box I cherish for testing guns. Haven't seen any for sale in a long time.
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crimp
I do run them into the taper crimp die, but just far enough to straighten the flare back out, not so far that it makes a crease in the bullet jacket. They come out at .471. I measured a round of Federal Gold Medal 230gr and a round of WCC white box match, and they were both .471. I don't know if any of them fit in a case gauge because I don't use one. When I load, it's for a specific gun, and I take the barrel from that gun and use it for my case gauge. If they don't work in your gun, crimp them to whatever you need. Sorry I didn't take time to explain what I meant by "no crimp."
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