Does anyone have specs or recipies for Cheap Federal Wally World ammo?

[himurax13]

Hello, I was wanting to create some loads that are similar to cheap Federal ammo that one would be happy to find at their local Wally worlds. Specifically the 9mm, 40 S&W, and .45 ACP that comes in the 50 round boxes. Does anyone know what velocities and or powder that they use (or a reasonable facsimile). I am also interested in doing some stuff for the White box winchester stuff as well.

[CEDaytonaRydr]

Try searching for "factory duplication loads". That will get you some better results....

[Dubels]

Why? Sorry I couldn't help, just wanted some insight.

[TestPilot]

here's some VV load data from their manual. VV is one of the cleanest
burning powders, is consistent across load densities (not spiky like Clays) and meters very well.

9mm 115 RN Rainier OAL: 1.142
N320 3.9 326 1068 4.4 347 1139
N330 4.7 342 1123 5.1 361 1185
N340 5.0 353 1157 5.4 374 1228
N350 5.7 364 1195 6.4 391 1282
3N37 6.1 364 1195 6.5 383 1256

For the .45ACP
230 FMJ-RN Hornady 1.260
N310 3.7 219 719 4.2 235 771
N320 4.9 239 784 5.2 259 850
N340 5.9 253 830 6.4 278 912
N350 6.7 257 845 7.2 280 920

[gau17]

+1 on TestPilot

[himurax13]

Why? Sorry I couldn't help, just wanted some insight.

Well some classes wont let you use reloads. Since factory ammo is so expensive, I would rather reload some ammo to factory specs so I can practice with it. Shooting FMJ is not as easy as shooting lead.

Test Pilot, if you have load data for 9mm 122gr Lead FP, 147 gr Lead FP, and .45 ACP 155/185/200gr Lead SWC that would be awesome as well.

[CEDaytonaRydr]

Well some classes wont let you use reloads. Since factory ammo is so expensive, I would rather reload some ammo to factory specs so I can practice with it. Shooting FMJ is not as easy as shooting lead.

Would you be amenable to copper plated? You might be able to keep your cost down a little bit...

Out of curiosity, I'm not quite sure I understand the reasoning for the increased difficulty in shooting jacketed projectiles. Can you explain this to me?

[himurax13]

Would you be amenable to copper plated? You might be able to keep your cost down a little bit...

Out of curiosity, I'm not quite sure I understand the reasoning for the increased difficulty in shooting jacketed projectiles. Can you explain this to me?

Well lead definately has a softer feel to it. I have tried copper plated and its o.k.. However, my shot groupings are larger with factory ammo.