Has anyone loaded any handgun rounds with Winchester Super Handicap?
Several years ago, when pistol powder was difficult if not impossible to find, I bought a few pounds of WSH to try out in handgun loads because I simply could not find anything else at the time.
I used it in 9mm quite a bit and it worked well for me. The problem is, there is literally no load data out there anywhere that I can find for handgun use.
It fits in the proper burn rate range for handgun use, so I tried it.
It worked. Very well in fact.
I decided to try it in 38 special as an experiment. It falls between Green Dot and Win 231 for burn rate.
I loaded some of it under 158 grain cast RNFP that were coated in High Tec.
Long story short, I fired those loads in several of my 38/357 revolvers and it worked a treat. Very clean and extremely accurate. Even more accurate than the other pistol powders I had data for.
The only powders I had with me that were loaded with the same cases, boolits, and primers that came close to keeping up with it in the accuracy department, were CFE Pistol and Bullseye.
I was indoors and didn't have the use of a chronograph so I don't know the speed of the load I was using.
I hesitate to post the charge weight until I find out more but there were no pressure signs at all. Felt recoil was the same as the other loads I was using and the cases came out very clean.
I need to load some more and see what velocities I am getting and find out if the accuracy and clean brass will repeat.