Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
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Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
The property needs mowed but it's wet and raining off and on today, so I spent a good part of the day in shop loading the brass of the 480 Achilles that I fired last week. I decided to use the Huffaker Hollow-Base Heel bullet and 7.0 gr. of Unique. The hollow base is quite large and increases the size of the "combustion chamber", thus lowering pressures when compared to the solid base bullets. The hollow base bullet with 7.0 gr. of Unique produces right at the same velocity as the solid base bullet with 6.5 gr. of Unique .... 850 fps.
The Huffaker Hollow-Base Heel bullet
Bullets lubed with Paco's Apache Blue
The Huffaker Hollow-Base Heel bullet
Bullets lubed with Paco's Apache Blue
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Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
Those still look like giant .22s
Good use of a rainy day!
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Good use of a rainy day!
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Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
Such a fun cartridge in both concept and execution!
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Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
So cool Jim.
Thank God for the rain!
Thank God for the rain!
Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
Amen! Rain in July? A Blessing from Above!
Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
Mr. Jim , if you don’t mind me asking , what’s the brinell hardness of those bullets ?
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I’m gonna guess around 8 , I’ve started using lead bullets and like to know the hardness and velocity people use for my own reference, thanks!
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Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
I ran some through my hardness tester. The lowest number on the tester is 5. They do not come close to that. These are cast with almost pure lead. Dead soft. I have pushed them to 900 fps with no problems. I wouldn't run them much faster than that and actually, 850 will do everything I need to do with this pistol.
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Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
What do you shoot them in?
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My 480 Achilles sixgun ...
The story of its development is here - https://leverguns.com/480/480_achilles.htm
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Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
JimT wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:51 pmMy 480 Achilles sixgun ...
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The story of its development is here - https://leverguns.com/480/480_achilles.htm
Oh, nice. Thats a beauty.
Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
We finally got a half inch of rain here and are extremely grateful !
m.A.g.a. !