Bottom-Line: What would be the best approach for getting small charges of this powder to burn consistently?
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Power Pistol has served me very well in 45 Super and 7.62x25. Coincidentally, they take similar charges; 8.7 and 8.0, respectively. I'm currently attempting to create a 32 S&W Long loading similar to what buffalo-bore offers, but with a SWC. This would be a 98 grain boolit, at 800fps or better. I settled on three and four grains for my initial test loads, with the intention of first testing safety and functionality, then running them over a chronograph.
Unfortunately, while all other indications were promising, nearly half of the boolits got stuck just inside the forcing cone, with a little pile of unburnt powder behind them. The seating depth was 1.218" My first thought was to seat them a little deeper, as the load is nowhere near compressed. Perhaps a magnum primer would be better, but I would really prefer to use my current primers. thoughts?