bigted
09-15-2016, 08:00 PM
well i am not there yet ... what i mean is that i have begun to play with my Ruger 375 and have had no good reportable results as of yet.
here is where i am;
i cast some .380 boolits outta my Accurate molds mold number 380250B and loaded them with trail boss powder and pulled a stupid for sure. i arrived at a charge of 26 grains TB as the max and using the .7 devider as they suggest i found that 19 grain would be the start point.
well instead of doing the beginning load i just jumped in at the 26 grain charge and was astonished at the recoil and blast of the shots. after shooting 10 of them i fumbled a case onto the ground and upon retrieving it i glanced at the primer to see what it looked like. low and behold ... it were flat and dimpled just barely with the pressure flowing the primer flat in the pocket. no cratering but too much pressure for sure.
so just as a point of progress i swabbed the bore to determine if i had leaded the barrel ... nope all nice n clean. i then shot some lite loads i have on hand with 4198 IMR and Hornaday's 300 grain round nose bullet just to see if they would still shoot as good as they had ... yep 1 slight hole in the target after 3 so i shot the other 2 and all in the same raged hole at 35 yds on a bench {lookin for accuracy ... not how well I shoot}.
she is still a shooter and i believe i will try some of the same boolits with the beginning load of TB to see how they do [the first loads were horrible in accuracy]. then i will load some of the 250's with the 4198 IMR to see how they do. i also like 4350 IMR for slightly lite loads so will try it as well.
i have a 275 grain mold from BACO in .380 as well as the Lyman 330 grain round nose mold ... think it throws a smaller dia. boolit tho. my fired cases will take the .380 inch boolits and if i snug em up to the rifling ... they should shoot i figure.
here is where i am;
i cast some .380 boolits outta my Accurate molds mold number 380250B and loaded them with trail boss powder and pulled a stupid for sure. i arrived at a charge of 26 grains TB as the max and using the .7 devider as they suggest i found that 19 grain would be the start point.
well instead of doing the beginning load i just jumped in at the 26 grain charge and was astonished at the recoil and blast of the shots. after shooting 10 of them i fumbled a case onto the ground and upon retrieving it i glanced at the primer to see what it looked like. low and behold ... it were flat and dimpled just barely with the pressure flowing the primer flat in the pocket. no cratering but too much pressure for sure.
so just as a point of progress i swabbed the bore to determine if i had leaded the barrel ... nope all nice n clean. i then shot some lite loads i have on hand with 4198 IMR and Hornaday's 300 grain round nose bullet just to see if they would still shoot as good as they had ... yep 1 slight hole in the target after 3 so i shot the other 2 and all in the same raged hole at 35 yds on a bench {lookin for accuracy ... not how well I shoot}.
she is still a shooter and i believe i will try some of the same boolits with the beginning load of TB to see how they do [the first loads were horrible in accuracy]. then i will load some of the 250's with the 4198 IMR to see how they do. i also like 4350 IMR for slightly lite loads so will try it as well.
i have a 275 grain mold from BACO in .380 as well as the Lyman 330 grain round nose mold ... think it throws a smaller dia. boolit tho. my fired cases will take the .380 inch boolits and if i snug em up to the rifling ... they should shoot i figure.