Last edited by StrawHat; 09-22-2019 at 07:55 PM.
Knowledge I take to my grave is wasted.
I prefer to use cartridges born before I was.
Success doesn't make me happy, being happy is what allows me to be successful.
A few years back, my wife saw a Ruger 3.75 BlackHawk at the gun show. She is a Ruger Freak! Okay, I might have encouraged that. Anyway, she was eyeballing this gun and I reminded her that every new caliber requires dies, molds, sizers, etc. She was a might disappointed. Then I told her I already had dies and a 240gr SWC GC mold I had bought for a friends gun. "Get that gun!" I told her I also bought some ammo from a dealer at the show.
She enjoyed shooting her new gun. I looked up the gun on Ruger's website, it wasn't even listed. The test brass was only 10 days old. The gun was listed the following day as a small run for Lipsey's (I think) and well, Momma loves her Rugers. I later scored a 208gr WadCutter mold from a member here. At 1000fps, that boolit is a tack driver. I think it will be a pig thumper for sure
Common sense Gun Safety . . .
Is taught at the Range!
Put several deer in the freezer with a Keith boolit and 22 grains of 4227.
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
I also prefer 4227 for the simple fact I think the recoil is a little less than 2400, and accuracy is the same for me. For plinking loads I like HS-6 at around 1000 fps. Those plinking loads are just fun and no recoil. My hunting bullet is an NOE round flat 240ish gas check in 20:1.
Tony
If you don't mind a gas check, the Lyman 429244 SWC has worked out well in my Ruger and Dan Wesson revolvers.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |