I use hard alloys with gas checks, but it seems like a read somewhere that with gas checks you actually do not need a hard alloy. Not that I'm going to shoot soft lead over gas checks. It just seems...
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Forum: Gas Checks
I use hard alloys with gas checks, but it seems like a read somewhere that with gas checks you actually do not need a hard alloy. Not that I'm going to shoot soft lead over gas checks. It just seems...
Forum: Gas Checks
My velocity for 158s, is just under 1600 fps in my 6" 357s. Less in the shorter ones. If I recall, in my 92, the velocity tops 1800 but my numbers are not right in front of me.
Forum: Gas Checks
As far as "needing" to put on a gas check. I am not going to kid myself and say that I shoot straight enough to tell. HOWEVER,... I do know that gas checks don't help with accuracy unless your...
Forum: Gas Checks
Is there a velocity that requires gas checks? Or is it basically different for all situations? I'm tired of gas checking bullets,. and I know that if you have a lapped barrel (freedom arms comes to...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I've never seen this put forth before. But since many smokeless powders to smell like nitrocellulose lacquer,.. Has anybody ever used it for a coating rather than powder coating. I'm sure the...
Thanks for listing that 1968 load data page. That one is one that I have never seen before. Although I sure have used a lot of those square containers of powder over the years.
While it is known that 2400 loads down well, I always use 2400 with 158s, and the charge has always been 15.0 to 15.3, rarely higher.
My 357 loads are nearly all 15.3 grains of 2400 with a 158 gr. lee gas check bullet. The velocity of that is near 1800fps in my model 92 levergun, and with my 6 inch ruger...a bit under 1600 fps,..4...
158 grain original 357 magnum load had more 2400 in it than the one just listed,.. If it's unsafe for your gun,...your gun must not be a heavy frame 357.
I chrony your above powder quite a bit,..Unless you are shooting a 2 inch snubby, you are going to get a lot more velocity than 1250 fps.
Guess what I just found,. From a LOOOONNNNNGGGG time ago a friend of mine gave me some load data that was before "book' format was common. It was Sierra data (college notebook format) had 44 mag...
I don't recall chrony'ing any 2400 44 mag loads,.. (at least the 240 grain gas checks.) I'd REALLY like to find THE original 44 mag recipe. It has to be out there somewhere,..and it is almost a...
My WANTS are 2 categories.
1) Every caliber I don't yet have, with 5,000 rounds practice ammo each. and
2) A woman that doesn't talk.
3) I know, there's no such thing as # 2,...so I'll take # 1.
I understand you want "moderate" loads in your 357. But you have to understand that "moderate" and 357 magnum, originally had nearly opposite meanings....at least for the first 3 or 4 decades of it's...
For 223, I routinely use 21.0 gr. of imr 4198 for 55 grain fmjs. for the kids to shoot. I use it in 45-70 also, but do not remember the number of grains. I use it with the Ranch dog mold,..I think...
With H110, I highly suggest NOT downloading,. When you find someone who has encountered a problem with H110, it is very often involving a "start load". There are quite a few different "start loads"...
I just realized, with the 44 mag loadmap data,.. Cast boolits have data using 2400 that is not "weird". It has been so long since I have shot any thing but gas checks or just hard cast,..I had...
Thank you, I am privy to most of that information. (I was hoping that someone involved with the loadmap data testing would chime in) . HOWEVER,. I am also privy to a rumor going around on every...
I'd say if you're using round nose in 357, do not use federal primers. They ALWAYS go bang (even if you just look at them wrong). But in this case,..go with something a little harder to...
So, I recently ran onto a loading data tool from midwayusa. Called Loadmap. It's new to me but was probably something they included with reloading components or something like that.
The data...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I remember finding that out in my first machine shop class in college. I milled a shaft perfectly,,. and after it cooled down it was .001 or more undersized. It was a good lesson to learn, but I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You should call Alliant or Hodgdon or whoever's powder you are interested in and ask them. They are always quite helpful and they will be the most reliable source. Your question needs a reply from a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
They are not pulled. I mic'd a bunch of them and they are quite round and fairly consistent. At first I thought my mic was not zero'd but it is. So I checked some 53 and 52 grain Sierra's I have in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
3 Percent over bore is a fair bit more than I expected. If I can get out this weekend I'll take the chrony and see what gives with these I've loaded up. I've never chrony'd a 223 before. I have not...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've always used oversized cast bullets, although I am mostly a gas check guy so it might not matter. And I mostly shoot pistols,...(I'm not sure I would be a good enough shot for size to make a...
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 |