Originally Posted by
35remington
More load data results.
The following was with R-P cases and WSP primers.
Same format as before (see other post) except in some cases the charges were weighed and not metered.
Lyman 313492 NOE clone 89 grain SWC-WC
1.8 Red Dot 680 fps
0.24 CC (2.3) Bullseye 805 fps.....fine field load seemingly fairly mild. Incidentally this gave about 20 inches of penetration in “gelatin equivalent” when tested for penetration.
0.27 CC (2.5) Bullseye 880 fps. About max for my use and a do not exceed charge per good advice from frequent users here that post soundly considered recommendations.
RCBS 98 WC
0.27 CC (1.9) Red Dot 745 fps getting close to about max for wadcutters of this type in terms of speed. A bit puzzled this outruns 2.0 Bullseye as they are normally close. But then...different cases, deeply seated bullets, and variations in actual thrown charge weight can account for this.
When I bought my first 32 Long revolver, the Smith Regulation Police, it came with a mixed bag of brass including Lapua, GECO, Remington, Winchester, etc.
Loading it indiscriminately as to brand with the same powder charge and shooting it over the chronograph did not exactly yield consistent and low velocity spreads.
Given the differences in brass that could occur (not saying that they all differ wildly, but some do, notably Starline, for example) I would not suggest mixing case brands. I have not done a detailed analysis of which brands are similar and which are different and the velocity increase or decrease that could be expected when changing from one brand to another. Except Starline.
I just noted when different case brands were in the cylinder extreme spreads in velocity increased. For that reason unless you know from past use which particular case brands give similar velocities I would not suggest mixing cases.
Despite the usual relative mildness of 32 Long pressures a number of that bag of mixed cases started splitting sooner than fresh brass could be expected to do. Older somewhat used brass gets brittle and should be viewed as suspect and potentially a waste of good reloading components, especially if composed of mixed old brass.