I worked these up a few years ago but don't remember much about them except a 9mm bullet only weighs 65g. With my success with 90g lately would I be safe to load lighter bullets with the same load of powder? These do need to be shot at a high velocity but I don't mind real light. Any input will be nice. Craig
Well Inceptor did have some data at their site so I am good to go except they don't list my powder but do list HP-38 that I have and can use. Craig
OK they also had Universal listed so I used that at 5.0 as 5.2 was starting and I really wanted light. Will update as I shoot them but we are still underwater. Craig
Hey Craig here is some data for you for the 65 grain Inceptor bullets!
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Hey Wade thanks. The inceptor data I found at inceptor's website is the same as your find. I do have some test rounds and will shoot as I can. Craig
Shot today and the inceptor rounds had minor problems. One stove pipe and on ftf out of ten. I will go a little hotter but not much. These are just a very light bullet at 65g. I think hotter will work as the factory rounds are hotter. Craig
Some of you from handloads.com may remember I had minor brain damage about 10 years ago and still suffer from short term memory loss at times. So yesterday I shot the inceptor rounds with universal 5.0 with 5.2 starting, well today I couldn't find the source that I got the data from. I had inceptors data that I found on the internet and Shadow posted the same. I have a Lyman 49 but it's too old to have this 65g incepter data in it. Well just now I remembered Hodgens site and tried it and sure enough that is where I got the universal data from. Boy this getting old and trouble from an old accident is getting on my nerves. Craig
OK did about 40 of the inceptors 65g with 5.5g Universal powder with 5.7 being max I think it will work fine. Craig
Gee I guess it's been almost a month since I did the last post and misplaced the bullets so I never shot the 5.5 Incepter rounds. WOW!! found them and shot today and what a nice surprise. Nicely light due to the 65g weight but worked very well and 20 rounds in the black bullseye at 30' or so. I now have something to reload as I have a few hundred bullets left and nothing else planned. I also have a full pound of Universal that I don't use for anything else. Craig
With the massive amount of reloading I have done lately it is nice to get out to shoot finely and to have a very nice incepter round that was super nice to shoot was a very nice bonus. I have already loaded a bunch more and have 100 or so left but will order more today. Craig
Well of course these aren't available anywhere. I called the company and the person said they were making them but hadn't made any for a while. I have loaded all I have like 200 or so. It is just like me to finely find a load I can shoot and it isn't available. I will hold the ones I have left until I find more to reload. I still have 2or 3 thousand FMJ to load up and shoot. Craig
Lets see if I can explain this! I went to the range with a few incepter rounds and misc other 9mm to shoot in the Taurus slim and Sig Sauer. I was all over the paper but shot the best with the incepter except for one stove pipe. Makes me crazy!! I think I need to settle down and pick one round to load and shoot. I did OK with the FMJ rounds. I always take too many different rounds and have problems switching between guns and rounds. Craig
Same thing happens to me. Way too many bullets to choose from. That's a good thing though! Where did you get the inceptors from?
I think I got the incepters from Midway like a year ago or so. They don't have them but are getting them back in so I signed up for e-mail notification when they get them. I call the company that makes them and they are still making them but not so much lately, if that makes sense. She read off about four vendors on the internet that should have them but none did that I could find. Most had some loaded but few for reloading. I think things will settle down soon. I still have 150 loaded up with the Universal load I worked on and they are shooting great in my Taurus G2. I just won't shoot them all up until I find more to buy. Craig
Shot some more Incepter today in the Taurus G2 and it ran as good a the first time I shot them. Ran some in the Kahr CM9 and all shot a little high. can fix with aim but I think it needed a different reload. Also shot the Ruger MKIIII 22 and it shoots great and I like the red dot site that came with it. Weather is nice but I got poison oak the other day out but we have mowed out there since and it is not as bad. Craig
Interesting enough I have found some older incepters I had loaded a year ago or so. They are the same bullet loaded to 7.5g Power Pistol. This would seem like a heavy load but remember the bullet is only 65g and I would have tested these but will test again. At leased it's another fifty I didn't know I had. Craig
That's cool Make good use of them Craig...
Here is an update for you. I just got off the phone with Incepter and they are no longer packaging the ARX or any product for reloaders. They are making them for Rugar and will sell their own bullets but no longer packaging for reloading. Bums me out. I will have to find another defense bullets that shoots that good. OH well at leased I have about 100 to tide me over. Craig
I didn't se them being that popular as a handloaders choice. But the way things are going we may see a big attack on the handloading and commercial ammo by the as backwards democratic governments over time. If Trump doesn't get reelected our freedoms will likely diminish altogether... ???
Absolutely, stock up on reloading components while you can 😀
Well shot a few incepters this morning in the new p38. The bullets didn't like the gun and the gun didn't like the bullets. Some broke in two and jammed the gun. The ones that did shoot were fine and I will need to check theses out as they may be loaded too long in the case for this gun. Craig
Craig be careful you maybe over crimping those composite bullets
Using a dedicated taper crimp die and not over crimping. I think I loaded long ah let me check. OK just measured and most I checked were at 1.155 or so and that is where they are supposed to be. I did find one at 1.17 but that is to close to be a real problem and remember they ran great in both Taurus guns I have shot these in. I feel the new p38 is just picky enough to not run these easily but who knows. Craig
Shot some today and at a different COL they seem to feed better and the company rounds did well so if I change the powder I may go a little more as that seems to be what it likes. I can max out at 5.7 as I am doing well at 5.5. Craig
Well it appears I didn't shoot the 5.5 universal rounds but shot some other rounds possibly 7.5 Power Pistol but my point is I measured the 5.5 and they are at 1.17 and have shot the best in the Taurus guns. If your confused about this you are not alone!!I was thinking shorter COL was better but I do know the 5.5 uni. rounds do shoot the best compared to anything else. I will do more work but remember I can't even buy these bullets to reload more. Craig