Finally getting round to exploring the BE-86 powder in 10MM
Gun - Glock 20 Gen4 100% stock
Brass - mixed head stamp
Primer - CCI300
Powder - Alliant BE-86
Bullet - Xtreme 180g plated HP
OAL - 1.255"
8.4g
Shot ID V0
1 1143
2 1193
3 1186
4 1176
5 1182
6 1133
7 1151
8 1165
9 1164
10 1159
Stats - Average 1165.3 fps
Stats - Highest 1192.84 fps
Stats - Lowest 1133.39 fps
Stats - Spread 59.44 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 19.14 fps
8.5g
Only 5 shots because I wasted 10 by not creating a new series.
Shot ID V0
1 1170
2 1219
3 1186
4 1186
5 1182
Stats - Average 1188.55 fps
Stats - Highest 1218.92 fps
Stats - Lowest 1169.74 fps
Stats - Spread 49.19 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 18.24 fps
8.6g
Shot ID V0
1 1200
2 1213
3 1199
4 1183
5 1201
6 1203
7 1193
8 1172
9 1206
10 1195
Stats - Average 1196.35 fps
Stats - Highest 1213.38 fps
Stats - Lowest 1171.64 fps
Stats - Spread 41.75 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 11.92 fps
8.7g
Shot ID V0
1 1212
2 1208
3 1207
4 1184
5 1206
6 1207
7 1204
8 1231
9 1233
10 1194
Stats - Average 1208.53 fps
Stats - Highest 1232.51 fps
Stats - Lowest 1184.46 fps
Stats - Spread 48.05 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 14.52 fps
8.8g
Shot ID V0
1 1193
2 1196
3 1216
4 1221
5 1221
6 1222
7 1244
8 1214
9 1251
10 1206
Stats - Average 1218.41 fps
Stats - Highest 1251.23 fps
Stats - Lowest 1192.61 fps
Stats - Spread 58.62 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 18.45 fps
I shot with the Glock because it shows pressure signs before the rest of my 10mm choices.
No smiles - case expansion .433 for the hottest load. It looks like there is more room for powder, and I'd say that these aren't max yet.
They say BE-86 is flash suppressed. There were some fairly impressive fireballs with these loads!
Greg
Thanks Greg great range report and interesting numbers...
Matches the Sig Sauer 1800 FMJ loadings pretty close, my testing of the pulled and reloaded showed
Glock 29 21lbs Spring velocity 1178 case expansion 0.4315"
Glock 20 22lbs Spring velocity 1250 0.4315"
Glock 20 22lbs Spring velocity 1260 0.4315"
S&W 1006 22lbs Spring velocity 1276 0.4265"
S&W 1006 22lbs Spring velocity 1286 0.4270"
BE-86 is a very useful powder. I don't feel the top load tested is anywhere near a maximum load. I'll still need to notch it up a bit more, but I think it would be wise to use virgin brass. I'd like to know what is possible with this powder and see how it ranks with 800X and Longshot.
The Labradar data is easy to report. I just need to copy off an excel file on the SD card and paste it here. Pretty sweet setup. 80 rounds of 10mm, 50 rounds of 9mm in 14 series, all in an hour and 10 minutes, and that is picking up brass between series. It took less time that cleaning up the 3 guns I got dirty :))
Greg
Great range report Greg. I just purchased 8 lbs of BE86 a couple weeks ago but haven't had time to start loading for it yet. I'm anxious to see how your further development goes.
More steps up.
My word of warning, I'm above any loads from any book. Work your loads up yourself.
Gun - Glock 20 Gen4 100% stock
Brass - mixed head stamp
Primer - CCI300
Powder - Alliant BE-86
Bullet - Xtreme 180g plated HP
OAL - 1.255"
8.9g
Stats - Average 1238.73 fps
Stats - Highest 1253.95 fps
Stats - Lowest 1225.32 fps
Stats - Spread 28.62 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 11.43 fps
Shot ID V0
1 1225
2 1240
3 1230
4 1244
5 1254
9.0g
Stats - Average 1232.23 fps
Stats - Highest 1247.87 fps
Stats - Lowest 1213.96 fps
Stats - Spread 33.91 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 14.7 fps
Shot ID V0
1 1248
2 1242
3 1220
4 1214
5 1238
9.1g
Stats - Average 1250.66 fps
Stats - Highest 1291.43 fps
Stats - Lowest 1229.49 fps
Stats - Spread 61.93 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 24.69 fps
Shot ID V0
1 1229
2 1233
3 1291
4 1248
5 1251
9.2g
Stats - Average 1257.64 fps
Stats - Highest 1279.48 fps
Stats - Lowest 1231.02 fps
Stats - Spread 48.46 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 21.55 fps
Shot ID V0
1 1231
2 1279
3 1278
4 1257
5 1242
9.3g
Stats - Average 1270.09 fps
Stats - Highest 1316.36 fps
Stats - Lowest 1244.66 fps
Stats - Spread 71.7 fps
Stats - Std. Dev 28.41 fps
Shot ID V0
1 1272
2 1245
3 1249
4 1316
5 1268
Case expansion .433" on the 9.3g load.
Its getting there. No indication of a smile yet. My slide stopped locking back on the last three shots, so I have to figure out what happened there.
I'll keep on stepping up. Starting to feel like a real 10mm load, but there seems to be more room. I thought I'd be pulling some bullets, but all went well up to this point.
Good 10mm powder.
Greg
Thanks again Greg, for another great report. Yes I would have to agree that the BE-86 is a great powder for the 10mm and many other cartridges.