so after reading the catastopic failure thread it got me worried about the first 100 bullets i loaded. when i first got started i was a little unsure of what data to use for some 185g plated bullets in my 45acp. basically what i did was take the min/max for jacketed bullets and min/max for the lead bullet data and kinda picked a spot in the middle and went with it. i ended up with 4.6g of bullseye i loaded up 100 rounds like that and gave a few a try. they shot fine and cycled the action properly but were sutty on the cases. i posted under the reloading forum on a local shooting forum and was told that i should be fine that the sut was from the case not expanding all the way to seal the chamber. i still have not shot these bullets mainly because i still have factory ammo and im attempting to keep track of how many firings my brass has but now i wonder if i shouldn't pull them and reload them to proper spec. any opinions.

also i will finally get to shoot my first reloads in my 270wsm tomorrow and that thread kinda kills my excitement.

sorry this should have been posted in the reloading section. if a mod see's this please move.

Pull them if in doubt...you can allways reload again another day...safety first

I load 4.0 gr of bullseye with 185 and 200 swc. The competition paper punchers in my club use between 3.5-3.8 gr. with light or cut recoil springs. yes they are dirty.

For the 185JHP I've been loading 6.0 gr of bullseye which gives 975-1000 fps.

I've loaded 4.3 grains of Bullseye with a HG molded 200 grain cast bullet and shot many hundreds out of a tricked up Paraordinance 14-45 with awesome accuracy.

Yes it is not the cleanest load but I love the accuracy with it and it seems to be a commonly used powder among those accuracy boys.

That is a good way to come up with data for a new powder/bulet combo. It has kept me safe for decades. I would however caution you to load in smaller test lots. I load 10, the increase 0.1gr & decrease 0.1gr w/ 10 each. Shoot them in order, there is usally a sweet spot.

thanks for the feed back guys seems like i may be worrying for nothing. i will just shoot them up. that lot of reloads taught me to not load so many before testing. i have since only loaded 10 or so to test and went from there. i will definatly be shooting my 270wsm reloads in the morning and hope all goes well ive followed all the book info and am confident but still a little nervous as this is my first loads of this size. everything else has been 223 and pistol stuff.