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I started loading, heavy, back in 1973 when I was shooting PPC. Before that I loaded mostly rifle stuff, started in 1963.... Oh boy, I'm old!
Anyway, being a young COP, I didn't...

What you hold on to has got to feel good. If it doesn't, point of aim suffers.
Bisley in my hand sucks but not as bad as those birds head grips. Just don't feel right to me.
Back when.... I put a...

1911 or XD?
Before we get to the weapons, the load/s. I have carried 200 gr SWC lead for years. Yes, as a city COP I was required to carry the cities revolver (back then) but could carry my choice...

I don't have an answer to this quandary. There are just too many variables to deal with. What is good 'in the big city' (45 ACP) isn't 'in the swamps of Florida' (bolt gun in 223) or 'the wide opens...

I shoot 2 set ranges.
25 yard and 97 yards.
Why 97 you ask? I set my 100 yard range up to be able to shoot from under my aluminum carport covering, set on asphalt... The echooooo (concussion) is so...

The roads are about the same as they have been for the last 30 years.....
Live on a dirt road except when it is mud. Then the mud gets packed and dry, then the only time the county does anything,...

You are more interested in collecting the spent bullets at a range than shooting any. I sort the FMJ from the softpoint/HPs from the boolets as others shoot.... Why do they look at me that way?
...

That or those are good finds.

Best I've done is when a kid, I found a 58 cal Minne in the gravel on the James River just up stream from where the Wilson's Creek comes in. Wilson's Creek Battle...

Maybe a little help.

Case length - .600 inch
Lyman shell holder # 9

#311252 - 77 gr, .860" OAL

Powder - Staring - Velocity - MAX - Velocity
700X - 1.3 - 598 - ...

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OSOK

"(T)he fastest you can push a .44 magnum .430,240grn with powder coating"

Going with a good coating that has not been compromised during the loading, both case and weapon, process, the correct...

I've only received bags of puffy powder. Haven't seen any listings for 'blocks'. I did see 'samples' for color matching someplace on their web page. My
sister-in-law shops at a 'farmer's market'...

I haven't seen all that much difference when using or not using ASBB in the coating process.

I have coated with the temps close to '0' degrees and the wind blowing 15 and 20 MPH, with a cool fog...

The 'Shak-n-bake' method of coating is to put the raw and clean lead into a number 5 plastic container, Cool Whip container (the recycle code on the bottom of plastic containers, type 5). Add a...

"this is OSOK from RFC.COM?
So if I mix the clear in the jug I used red in it wont cone out pink, huh?"

No on both counts.
Clear with little granules of the color.

These are clear only.
They...

Yep, clear. Well it is Powder By The Pound's 'Crystal Clear Super Durable High Gloss'.
I have found two points that come to mind. Any little imperfection on the surface of the lead becomes very,...

For about the first 10 years of being a street cop, I/we carried our own weapons and what ever ammunition we wanted. I had a detective who carried a Charter Arms 44. I complained about it every time...

"How would powder coat effect expansion on a self defense hollow point?"

Lots of good responses above but I will try to stay with the question.


Expansions is a mix of velocity, on target -...

I use the 'Shak-n-bake' coating method, sometimes with and sometimes with out AirSoft balls.

During my experimentation when I started, I tried coating with warm to the touch, not burning hot,...

Up front, I powder coat and like the results.

I have seen reports of barrel wear but have yet to see any proof one way or the other. That said, the powder color in question was black and I moved...

The loading listed is:

Lee C312-155-2R mold, shaved to remove the gas check and just a little of the lower drive band. With my alloy, (harder as it was made up for lead/lube use in my 44 mags -...

"I'm wondering if just the opposite is happening? Instead of the PC causing velocity loss via the lubricity (slickness) that has been mentioned here, might not the fact that our bullets are sized...

In my tests, I have yet to find a 'max' loading with a powder coated bullet.
Well, that's my fault. I don't push anything all that hard.

Here is some of what I have found:
Cartridge - .44 mag,...

If the lead is clean, any age will do. If it is not clean, clean it and coat.
However, 'hot' lead will hold more powder and may cause thicker coatings.
I've coated at 5 degrees above with winds...

Clear!

It is 'Powder By The Pound', ' Crystal Clear Super Durable High Gloss '.

The bullets are cut down LEE C312-155-2R, mold shaved to remove the gas check and just a little of the first...