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<blockquote data-quote="K9TXS" data-source="post: 1758323" data-attributes="member: 85208"><p>I sold all my big boomers and now only shoot 20 VT. Currently my powder of choice is RL7 at 18.5 grs pushing a .32 gr Vmax. Both of my VT's are Pac-Nor barrels in 11 twist. I have read good reports on AA2200 powder as well. I have used H4198, but get tired of running it through a drop tube. H4198 has the long pencil style of powder. Many people don't use a drop tube for H4198, but I always seem to have an issue with it. So I use a shortened drop tube that I use to use for black powder. I throw the powder light and trickle up. I know that I have the same charge in each round.</p><p></p><p>I make my 20 VT brass from 223 brass. It is a long process the way I do it, but my results have been very good in the field and on paper. You can use 221 Fireball brass and many folks just run it through the sizing die. I usually use Lake City brass which requires neck turning. I just received a little over 900 rounds of brass from a local PD and I'm processing it now.</p><p></p><p>I use redding dies. When I first started loading for the 20VT, I used the RCBS dies. I had never used the spindle type of die RCBS makes and immediately stripped out the spindel since I didn't have it tight enough.</p><p></p><p>I spend way more time on my reloads than other folks I'm sure. After shooting bench rest for several years, you tend to really watch everything you do closely when reloading.</p><p></p><p>This post turned out to be much longer than I anticipated it to be, but I hope it's helpful. Don't get discouraged, once you get it down it's a great caliber.</p><p></p><p>Sierra has an app you can download to your phone or tablet for loading information.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.picasion.com/resize89/ef676c42c3eceeb88c412c5fcddf4ef2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.picasion.com/resize89/041dfbcc8bcff3c67a1686f0f91c753e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="K9TXS, post: 1758323, member: 85208"] I sold all my big boomers and now only shoot 20 VT. Currently my powder of choice is RL7 at 18.5 grs pushing a .32 gr Vmax. Both of my VT's are Pac-Nor barrels in 11 twist. I have read good reports on AA2200 powder as well. I have used H4198, but get tired of running it through a drop tube. H4198 has the long pencil style of powder. Many people don't use a drop tube for H4198, but I always seem to have an issue with it. So I use a shortened drop tube that I use to use for black powder. I throw the powder light and trickle up. I know that I have the same charge in each round. I make my 20 VT brass from 223 brass. It is a long process the way I do it, but my results have been very good in the field and on paper. You can use 221 Fireball brass and many folks just run it through the sizing die. I usually use Lake City brass which requires neck turning. I just received a little over 900 rounds of brass from a local PD and I'm processing it now. I use redding dies. When I first started loading for the 20VT, I used the RCBS dies. I had never used the spindle type of die RCBS makes and immediately stripped out the spindel since I didn't have it tight enough. I spend way more time on my reloads than other folks I'm sure. After shooting bench rest for several years, you tend to really watch everything you do closely when reloading. This post turned out to be much longer than I anticipated it to be, but I hope it's helpful. Don't get discouraged, once you get it down it's a great caliber. Sierra has an app you can download to your phone or tablet for loading information. [IMG]http://i.picasion.com/resize89/ef676c42c3eceeb88c412c5fcddf4ef2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.picasion.com/resize89/041dfbcc8bcff3c67a1686f0f91c753e.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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