8.6 Blackout Reloading. Small Issue with my Brass

[@EagleRun23]

Thanks for watching guys. Lots of lessons learned in reloading. Remember I am new to all this wildcat action.

[@jamespollard1670]

AR's are like a kinetic bullet puller when that bolt slams home . They can jam the bullet into the lands without a crimp .

[@EagleReloads]

Mistakes we’re made haha. Thanks for watching.

[@jamespollard1670]

@@EagleReloads I found this out the hard way also . While trying to eject a live round and the case dumping powder all over and a bullet stuck in the lands . The OVL was fine , so the bullet had to be jumping .

[@kennygates1756]

Like what you're doing and had to subscribe.

[@erockoutdoors633]

👍 🇺🇲 Thanks to Nate for sending components. Looking forward to seeing the results on the range.

[@jeffhuntley2921]

If you escape with your life, it wasn’t a failure, it was a learning experience:)

[@EagleReloads]

100% haha

[@yojimbo05]

So true

[@US2A]

We meet again

[@jeffhuntley2921]

@@US2A what’s up. Eaglereloads does some cool 8.6 stuff which means I don’t have to dole out the cash to do it myself 👍

[@US2A]

@@jeffhuntley2921 lol, you have a 8.6?

[@echosreloadingchamber7306]

Hey Brother sounds like you ran into a little bit of trouble. Just a little advice I always use a medium heavy crimp when doing semi-automatic rifle cartridges. Can't wait to see the report from the range trip coming. Good luck brother. Echo

[@c_s_8411]

It would be nice if some more load data would come out for this caliber. I have 285 gr. Hornady ELD and cannot find load data anywhere. So, I will start with 14.7 and see how it goes. Awesome videos by the way, one of the very few with info on 8.6.

[@EagleReloads]

Right on. jump in some fb groups and see what you can find. I promise ill publish all my data once I have more to share. I cant until we test, ya know? sorry

[@shoot4fun302]

I've been loading the 285 gr. Gorilla subs, and I'm using Hornady 6.5 brass. I anneal first, resize with a Lee die, rough trim with a Harbor Freight mini cut-off saw, fine trim with a Little Crow trimmer, neck turn, load with CCI BR large rifle primers, 1680 powder, and crimp with the Lee dies. My rounds wouldn't chamber without neck turning. I have moved from Q's load of 14.7gr (900fps) to 15.0 gr (950fps), and am moving up to 16.0 then 16.5 gr to try to get just subsonic. This is in a Faxon 12" AR barrel.

[@squareinasquare]

Better luck next time. If you aren’t failing you aren’t trying.

[@mhatter6332]

It's strange that you aren't getting a primer strike. I know you said the bullet fell out, but the case should be headspacing on the neck of the brass, and (with out the bullet) it should be long enough that the firing pin reaches the primer.. It's also strange that the bullet "falls out." Can you pull the bullet out with your finger? Have you swung them in a kinetic hammer? Could it be that your loads are loaded to long, and the bolt is not closing all the way? Therefor the rounds are head spacing on the bullet instead of the neck, which would not allow the bolt to close all the way. When the bolt doesn't completely close the bolt will block a firing pin strike. Also if the rounds are loaded too long, the bullet will get wedged into the lands. When you retract the bolt you'll retract the brass, bult the bullet will stay stuck, and you'll have a mess of powder in the action/chamber.

[@yojimbo05]

Use a small to medium crimp on your 8.6 Blackout. You have to use a small to medium crimp on these Blockout loads even :338 loads to a extent neckturning helps aswell keeping the round from wobbling

[@jeffhuntley2921]

Nate: from the comments: what did you use to turn your necks?

[@EagleReloads]

Nate will also be a guest on our next live.

[@jeffhuntley2921]

@@EagleReloads I’ll try my best to watch it live

[@fredhogan5597]

When do you think someone will start manufacturing 8.6 blackout cases

[@manyfaces2614]

I done gave up on the 8.6