Some help/advice please:
I am a UK Shooter, in the UK Self Loading Rifles or "Semi's" (except for .22lr and Shotguns) are banned. There are still several manufacturers who continue to make AR style rifles in .223/5.56 but without the gas block/system, so the bolt is operated manually either by attaching a lever to the bolt or using the original cocking lever at the rear. For competition use the side mounted handle is faster than the rear, with some rigs having cocking handles on both side of the receiver.
The recent deluge of .22lr AR Clones has not bypassed us in the UK and we have seen some very desirable models released. Unfortunately some of these rigs cost as much as you in the U.S. might expect to pay for a semi or full custom .223 AR - Units easily sell for in excess of £1800 or $2838 at today’s conversion rates.
That is just a bit of history for you,
One manufacturer, Southern Gun Company http://www.southern-gun.co.uk/ (No relation to any U.S. company) has devised a nifty lever release system which works with straight walled cartridges and he is offering currently for the 9x19mm luger.
The design has been out for a sufficient amount of time to iron out some teething problems and has been accepted by the UK authorities, that I now feel comfortable with purchasing one and hopefully will get my hands on one this coming weekend.
Due to the relative lack of 9mm ammunition in the UK, I plan on loading my own ammunition and wonder if anyone on the Forum can give some starting advice?
I will be using the gun for competitions that range from 10 to 50 yards and would like to have a load that has as flat a trajectory as possible over that distance. I will only be shooting paper, so energy is not an issue. The only re loading topic that I have been able to find on UK forums makes reference to some powders being every dirty, and as with most firearms this rifle does not operate very well when dirty.
I appreciate that this is somewhat outside the normal for Accurate shooter, but I come here as it is a Forum that I trust and I doubt any Forum either side of the pond has much experience with this set up!
The barrel details are:
Barrel Length 13.25â€
Rifling Six Lands & Grooves 1:16 Right Hand Twist
Caliber 9mm X 19mm NATO
Muzzle Velocity S&B 115 GRAIN FMJ 1250 fps
The SGC 9mm lever release has several videos on you tube, I think this is one of the best:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KdqywXGED1M[/youtube]
Dave
I am a UK Shooter, in the UK Self Loading Rifles or "Semi's" (except for .22lr and Shotguns) are banned. There are still several manufacturers who continue to make AR style rifles in .223/5.56 but without the gas block/system, so the bolt is operated manually either by attaching a lever to the bolt or using the original cocking lever at the rear. For competition use the side mounted handle is faster than the rear, with some rigs having cocking handles on both side of the receiver.
The recent deluge of .22lr AR Clones has not bypassed us in the UK and we have seen some very desirable models released. Unfortunately some of these rigs cost as much as you in the U.S. might expect to pay for a semi or full custom .223 AR - Units easily sell for in excess of £1800 or $2838 at today’s conversion rates.
That is just a bit of history for you,
One manufacturer, Southern Gun Company http://www.southern-gun.co.uk/ (No relation to any U.S. company) has devised a nifty lever release system which works with straight walled cartridges and he is offering currently for the 9x19mm luger.
The design has been out for a sufficient amount of time to iron out some teething problems and has been accepted by the UK authorities, that I now feel comfortable with purchasing one and hopefully will get my hands on one this coming weekend.
Due to the relative lack of 9mm ammunition in the UK, I plan on loading my own ammunition and wonder if anyone on the Forum can give some starting advice?
I will be using the gun for competitions that range from 10 to 50 yards and would like to have a load that has as flat a trajectory as possible over that distance. I will only be shooting paper, so energy is not an issue. The only re loading topic that I have been able to find on UK forums makes reference to some powders being every dirty, and as with most firearms this rifle does not operate very well when dirty.
I appreciate that this is somewhat outside the normal for Accurate shooter, but I come here as it is a Forum that I trust and I doubt any Forum either side of the pond has much experience with this set up!
The barrel details are:
Barrel Length 13.25â€
Rifling Six Lands & Grooves 1:16 Right Hand Twist
Caliber 9mm X 19mm NATO
Muzzle Velocity S&B 115 GRAIN FMJ 1250 fps
The SGC 9mm lever release has several videos on you tube, I think this is one of the best:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KdqywXGED1M[/youtube]
Dave
