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 Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 07:01 PM
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Anyone reloading the FN 5.7??  What would be a good load?


 Posted: Wed Feb 10th, 2010 12:01 AM
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I been using 5.5 grains of True Blue with a 35gr v-max 1.525oal. thats been working out pretty well for me out of my PS90


 Posted: Wed Mar 10th, 2010 12:54 PM
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Thanks for the info.  What a beautiful gun to shoot.


 Posted: Fri Mar 12th, 2010 07:10 PM
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Great fun to shoot. True Blue is the factory powder.
Note: this is a very finicky little cartridge. Quite sensitive to small changes in the load. Be careful and weigh each or use a very accurate measure.
Data is available from Ramshot and from Accurate.
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 Posted: Fri Mar 12th, 2010 09:24 PM
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Thanks Pete;  I haven't loaded any yet but I'll file the info.

Last edited on Fri Mar 12th, 2010 09:25 PM by CaptQueeze


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