Jech
08-10-2011, 07:46 PM
The title says it all...anybody ever tried this combo?
I have a Ruger SP101 with a 2.25" bbl to blast these babies out of...I'm seating them to crimp in the top lube/crimp groove for an OAL of 1.560" give or take a few thou for case length variation. Powder selection will include whatever pistol powders I have on hand: Bullseye, W231, Unique, HS-6, Bluedot and H-110.
I cracked open Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook 4th edition to look for any loads that were vaguely similiar and found a 90gr Lyman LRN seated to 1.585" with 7.5gr/9.5gr of Bullseye for min/max. Another load listed is a Lee 105gr LSWC at the same length with 7.7/8.5gr listings for Bullseye. I was thinking about trying a starter charge of 7.5gr and working up towards 9.0gr and see how much/little the barrel leads.
Please chime in with your experiences and what you've tried!
P.S. my boolits are cast from an approximate 2 to 1 mix of range lead and wheelweights, they have all been waterquenched, sized to .358" and hit with two coats of Recluse 45/45/10. They shoot like a dream out of my S&W 380 Bodyguard.
I have a Ruger SP101 with a 2.25" bbl to blast these babies out of...I'm seating them to crimp in the top lube/crimp groove for an OAL of 1.560" give or take a few thou for case length variation. Powder selection will include whatever pistol powders I have on hand: Bullseye, W231, Unique, HS-6, Bluedot and H-110.
I cracked open Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook 4th edition to look for any loads that were vaguely similiar and found a 90gr Lyman LRN seated to 1.585" with 7.5gr/9.5gr of Bullseye for min/max. Another load listed is a Lee 105gr LSWC at the same length with 7.7/8.5gr listings for Bullseye. I was thinking about trying a starter charge of 7.5gr and working up towards 9.0gr and see how much/little the barrel leads.
Please chime in with your experiences and what you've tried!
P.S. my boolits are cast from an approximate 2 to 1 mix of range lead and wheelweights, they have all been waterquenched, sized to .358" and hit with two coats of Recluse 45/45/10. They shoot like a dream out of my S&W 380 Bodyguard.