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Satelite,
I received the G17L Wolf barrel and the extra goodies. Thank you. I am a happy camper.
Camba

satellitedr3ams:

Per our e-mail agreement on the used 9mm-Parabellum, Glock 17L Wolf threaded barrel w/thread protector, a MoneyOrder had been sent your way.
I can't wait to test that barrel in my Glock 17L long slide. Thank you.
Camba

How much for the Glock 17L wolff barrel?
Please e-mail me.

The several boxes were loaded factory ammo. Sorry, my previous post suggests boxes of 40gr bullets. What I meant was the factory loads had 40 gr Hornady bullets and they had at least 20 or 30 boxes of ammo.

Last night I saw several boxes of FN 5.7x28, 40gr Hornady bullet in Bass-Proshop. The price was $29/box of 50 rounds.
Camba

It sounds more to what happens when I fired hot loads in my contender barrel. I wonder if the case head had expanded and making the rim to grow as well. Since I found good loads without having to make them too hot, my brass not only last long but also the rim problem is not present.

Camba

I use the RCBS .17 cal funnel for my 5.7x28 and also for the 22 hornet and 218 bee.
Camba

I chronoed most of it. My TC Contender barrel is 18" and it's capable of taking a lot more pressure than the FiveseveN pistol or their derivatives. I have a hard time to paste a table I created from reloading tests done with my TC Contender. I can send you a private e-mail with an attachment in a re...

My RCBS LoadMaster is doing great even with the H110 powder that I used to have problems with. The fine dust powder is more dense than the other types of powder and if you put too much powder in the hopper, it will jam and stop the motor when trickling. I am only putting about an inch of powder in t...

It works great in my TC Contender in 5.7x28FN. I get good accuracy with it. My specific load may not be suitable to fire in your gun. Do not do case filled. It can destroy your gun. My load is not completely filled and it reaches maximum (for the TC Contender, at 11.5 gr).
Be safe.
Camba

It is obvious that there is very high pressure involved in firing that load but I am not sure 5.5gr of True Blue and a 36gr bullet should be showing that type of pressure. Then again, I don't know all the details. One thing I will share from previous experience (my experience is related to TC G2 con...

I was not aware of carbide dies for bottle-neck cartridges. Perhaps you can use a neck sizer. I use the 218 Bee neck sizer for my T/C G2 Contender; but I don't have the problem that the pistol-fired brass have (pushes the shoulder towards the cartridge mouth). Sizing the neck only I don't need lube ...

I have a brick (500 rounds) of CCI mini-mag 36 grain HP .22 LR ammo that I would like to trade for 1000 once-fire cases of 5.7x28fn (don't need to be processed cleaned).

Camba

T/C G2 CONTENDER 5.7X28FN, 18" barrel 5.7x28 FN Mold Actual weight Powder Charge Primer Velocity C.O.L Yards Group (in) RCBS 58GC cast H4198 10.8 CCI-500 2,013 1.583 50 0.65 (approx.) Because this load is for a TC 18" barrel, using slower powder, I may get the velocities shown above. In a short pis...

I had two neck plits in my reloaded 5.7x28 for the TC. It happened after 8 or 9 times using them. I did get about 6 more neck split during bullet sitting. Perhaps they became brittle after so many reloads. I thought about annealing the cases but that messes up with the coating. All my reloads are fo...

I use CCI-500 for most of my 5.7x28 loadings for my TC G2 contender. It does reduce the velocity by some amount but I did not check by how much. I had loaded some hot loads in my TC using CCI-500 and they were just OK. My observation (untrained) tells me that the SPP is what the factory uses for the...

Tacklebarry,
I will take it. PM sent.
Camba

My uneducated (unproven) experience tells me that the factory loads use something like small pistol primers. I had been using pistol primers for all my loads in my TC contender and it wors just fine. I use CCI-500 and CCI-550 (for H110 loads).
Camba

I cannot believe the prices on 5.7x28 brass! I could not help to remember during the Clinton Government in the 1990's, the gun banning crowd were proposing a 400% tax on ammunition to discourage shooters from buying ammo. They were not able to pass that into law but price gouging now is making it so...

Looking for buy 500 or more at a fair price.
Send me a PM with your offers.
Thanks.
Camba

I have the RCBS and I like it. I did go through some issues when using fine grain (like dust) powders; particularly with H110. When using other powders, it works well. Ocasionally, the trickling overshoots a few tenths of a grain and for that I remove that amount to keep it where I want. What I real...

I experienced the same problem bagabonz had with the SR195LF, 27 grain factory load. My contender barrel is an 18" with a 1:12" twist. I had been able to shoot bullets of waight ranging from 33gr TNT to 70gr Sptz (speer) bullets. I did measure the bullet diameter and I've got a reading of .219" but ...

The twist of my TC bbl is 1 in 12" and I have shot bullets in range of 33, 40, 45, 50, 58GC (RCBS), 63, 65, and 70gr and no keyhole (except one particular load with the 58GC bullet).

Yes. That's what I was talking about. Printing keyholes and grouping in the range of 3 to 5" at 25 yards. Another person from this forum had the same results with that S195LF, 27 gr round with his 14" contender pistol, in a different State than where I am. So, it must had been a batch of that ammo t...

Grantness, I am curious about the "tumble" part of your comment. Is this a desired factor? I experienced some tumbling with the S195LF, 27gr factory load and I thought my TC G2 barrel was bad. Using other loads and making sure they are .224 cal., everything was fine. Can it be that the S195LF, 27gr ...

Grant,

I have a chrony and if you have it to close to the gun, it will flip between metric and english system. I too have some low number readings in the past but the cure was to push it away at least 15 feet from the muzzle and it need to have good sunlight too.

Camba

I use both, rifle and pistol primers and I do as Grantness said above. I have developed loads where I use pistol and other loads where I use rifle primers. They are not the same load. When I was developing some loads with rifle primers,I have made some hot loads that the primer looks ok but the prim...

I have more pistol primers than rifle primers and the CCI-500 and CCI-550 are doing just fine. The pistol primer has a lighter skin and it is easy to fire it up while reducing some of the extra pressure the rifle primer has (in my gun anyway, a T/C).

Camba

j_parker, The loads that I posted (T/C loads, 18" bbl) were using small pistol primers (I used small pistol primers so I don't go over to pressures that only the T/C will withstand) and the velocities were trying to mimick the factory load SS197SR (40gr VMax). I tested both of them side by side. The...

In a rather short time, I have developed and tested a number of loads in my T/C G2 Contender and I have learned a great deal. Items learned: 1. T/C G2 Contender can take lots more pressure than pistols. 2. Using hot loads diminish the case life down to one or two loadings. 3. Rifle primers add signi...

The loads below were tested in my T/C G2 Contender Rifle (18”” bbl), 5.7x28mmFN and the pressure observation based on spent primer inspection seems just fine. Although the loads listed below work fine in my rifle, your firearm may get different results. Use the data at your own risk. Powder Type: Re...

CCI-500 are small pistol primers (just in case).

The following loads worked just fine in my T/C G2 Contender 5.7x28 FN rifle. Your rifle may not be the same as mine, so use this data at your own risk. Bullet (grains), Powder, Charge, Primer, COL, Velocity (fps), pressure signs 33gr TNT, Blue Dot, 6.2, CCI-500, 1.453, 2342, OK 40gr SP, Blue Dot, 6....

Wow!
Was that bone made hamburger I saw in the picture?

Camba

Kingofcoins, I've got my barrel in Ed's Contenders http://www.edstc.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It is an 18" standard tapered with open sights and drilled and tapped for scope mounts. I have a set of full resize RCBS dies and #45 shell holder. I prefer to use a single press f...

If the AR57 is a RIFLE, then the loads below may apply. Otherwise, disregard since these loads were developed in a Thompson Center Contender G2 with a 5.7x28mm FN barrel in 18" legth. Camba --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Will do.

Camba

Rapier1772,

You are correct. Thank you for bringing clarification.

Camba

I received my order of 33 grain TNT bullets and I started putting some loads ready to test. I damaged the first case in the first try because the little pill, after I let go of it in the seating die, must have slipped quartering away and the die crushed the case at the mouth with the bullet semi-cro...

I have tried up to 70 grain SPEER bullets and I have not gotten a keyhole with my T/C G2 contender. I was using slow rifle powder and even though I had to compress the load as much as possible, there was no indication of high pressures. The fastest powder on a cast 58GC bullet was using LilGun powde...

The loads below work fine in my T/C G2 Contender rifle (18" bbl). These loads may not be the same in your firearm so use caution and use it at your own risk. Powder: True Blue Firearm: T/C G2 Contender with a 18" barrel Primers: WSR 45 gr SP (SPEER) 6.2 gr True Blue, OAL = 1.525, Vel.: 2,287 fps 6.5...

TheDirtyHeat,

I have tested some loads with the RCBS 55 grain cast bullet wich basically weighs about 58 grains althogether with the gas check. See the link below for your information.

Camba

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LOAD UPDATE: I took the time to separate the parts by comas "," so it can be easily placed in an MS Excel file and convert for easy to read. DISCLAIMER: The 5.7x28mmFN test loads in the information below was tested in a T/C G2 Rifle and although they may had been safe in my rifle, they may not be sa...

ColsPaul,

Thanks for the comments. I have another batch of test done over the weekend. I will be posting them when I get a chance. Does the coma separated makes it easy to convert to MS Excel? Let me know.

Camba

In my opinion (not an expert one), the 5.7x28 cartridge is so small that a rifle primer lit the entire cartridge chamber and then some, regardless of where the powder is sitting in the cartridge. It will burn it all.

Camba

Yes. That's what that is.

I started with the bullets seated way out there and I am working my way in slowly. Although, I had to already do that for the heavier bullets such as the 63 and 70 grains and I see no problem with that.

Camba

OK: I took the time to separate the parts by comas "," so it can be easily placed in an MS Excel file and convert for easy to read. DISCLAIMER: The 5.7x28mmFN test loads in the information below was tested in a T/C G2 Rifle and although they may had been safe in my rifle, they may not be safe in you...

flyingirish04, Thank you for the warmed welcome. Seem that you guys are way ahead of the game with this little cartridge. I am definitely interested to tinker with it until I find a good load that I can trust for small game hunting and paper punching. The document I want to attch is a PDF file made ...

Hi everyone! I am new to this forum and I am very interested in developing some load recipies for my T/C G2 contender, chambered in 5.7x28mm FN. I have created a file with the load testing that I have done (with respect to my TC G2 rifle of course) with the purpose to see what works with what I alre...