FN 5.7x28 reloading

[Soundguy]

one more try... waste of my time trying to relaod multiple times here. this happens at NO OTHER boards I post at....

[ryanmattes]

I wasn't planning to lube the cases for this first test. I cleaned em with simple green instead of tumbling, so the coating should still be mostly there. The gun is rough on the cases, so some had quite a bit scraped off, but I just took the 20 best cases to test load.

I also had to hand charge from the pan.

The Lee dies didn't size the neck much, but it was enough to seat jacketed.

I don't plan to cast for this one, I plan to make my kid buy the components and do the case prep, assuming I can come up with a good, consistent load, and I'll just load em up once in a while.

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[ryanmattes]

I shot those test rounds yesterday. They seemed really noisy and had an awful lot of flash, but everything cycled right. Then I shot some factory for comparison; also noisy and lots of flash. Basically the same on the smaller charges, a little more on the larger ones.

I was shooting at 10 yards, standing unbraced, mostly checking for function and pressure signs. One set did group noticeably tighter, at 6.6gr of #7. I'd put that off to my shooting, but it was a noticeable difference.

Since that's only 0.1gr over the book minimum, I think I'm happy to load a bunch there and see how a larger group works. I'll switch to 20 round sets and try to get chrono readings and a more realistic look at the spread from a bench.

Now the problem is finding brass. The Five-seveN kicks the brass so far forward it's out past the line where I can pick up at the indoor range, and outdoors they're so small they get lost in the grass. I think he needs a brass catcher for that pistol if he wants me to be able to reload for it.

Anyone selling 5.7 brass?

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[Soundguy]

Yours kicks forward? Mine kicks back about 45 degrees over my shoulder....equally hard to find.
Yours a fn or ruger?

[ryanmattes]

Yours kicks forward? Mine kicks back about 45 degrees over my shoulder....equally hard to find.
Yours a fn or ruger?

FN. Outdoors it seems to go pretty much straight sideways, but at the indoor range they bounce off the wall mostly forward and go out past the safe line.

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[Soundguy]

Mine is a ruger. Dang hard to find without a spotter.