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<blockquote data-quote="jeffsoward" data-source="post: 1203486" data-attributes="member: 7228"><p>The split is about .25" total length. The center of the failure is "uglier" than the rest of the crack. I'll take a pic of it tonight and post the pic.</p><p>It felt like a ton of hot specks hitting me in the forehead and the right eye area.</p><p></p><p>The round is a 230gr Berry's plated with 5.4gr Clay's Universal.</p><p>Where it gets kind of odd is that the load data for Universal says to seat to an COAL of 1.200" for either FMJ or cast. Neither my gun nor mags like the short length (alot of 3 point jams with the round that short) so I increased the COAL to 1.25"</p><p>Also, Berry's states that their bullets fall between cast and FMJ so you should never load magnum, only medium using plated.</p><p>5.4gr is the max load for LRN (4.5 to 5.4) but medium for FMJ (5.1 to 5.6). I figured with the longer COAL, the velocity would be sufficiently reduced iwth the med-high load but I don't have a chrono yet so I can't tell what it's doing specifically.</p><p>I had shot a whole bunch of these before the failure, so I don't know. I'd like to chrono them to see what the round is doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeffsoward, post: 1203486, member: 7228"] The split is about .25" total length. The center of the failure is "uglier" than the rest of the crack. I'll take a pic of it tonight and post the pic. It felt like a ton of hot specks hitting me in the forehead and the right eye area. The round is a 230gr Berry's plated with 5.4gr Clay's Universal. Where it gets kind of odd is that the load data for Universal says to seat to an COAL of 1.200" for either FMJ or cast. Neither my gun nor mags like the short length (alot of 3 point jams with the round that short) so I increased the COAL to 1.25" Also, Berry's states that their bullets fall between cast and FMJ so you should never load magnum, only medium using plated. 5.4gr is the max load for LRN (4.5 to 5.4) but medium for FMJ (5.1 to 5.6). I figured with the longer COAL, the velocity would be sufficiently reduced iwth the med-high load but I don't have a chrono yet so I can't tell what it's doing specifically. I had shot a whole bunch of these before the failure, so I don't know. I'd like to chrono them to see what the round is doing. [/QUOTE]
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