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    Boolit Buddy
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    .38-55 load help

    Please help. I lost my .38-55 load data for 320 gr bullet using IMR 4227
    What I need is a safe minimum load to a safe maximum load range.

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    "KEN WATER'S PET LOADS" (Group 1 Loads)Bullet: 243 Lyman375248: 18.0 gr 4227: MV 1340: COAL 2.55. Only load I can find in my 12 reloading books.

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    Boolit Master Ithaca Gunner's Avatar
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    I've have had the best results with IMR 4198 in the .38-55 in a lever gun with 255gr. bullets. I never had a single shot for heavier bullets.

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    Looked through all my manuals ... Nada w/ 4227.
    Went to IMR 4227 load data site ... no listing for 38-55 at all ... Zip . Struck out .
    Hodgdon's new load data site is a joke ... barely any info there .

    Write load data down ... can't depend on the interweb to find nuttin !
    Gary
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    " Let's Go Brandon !"

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    I looked in both the Lyman 4th ed Cast Bullet Handbook and their 50th ed loading manual last night. No loads for IMR 4227 at all.

    Robert

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    Boolit Grand Master In Remembrance
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    between.

    Brooks 325 gr.
    18.2 grs. of IMR 4227
    Emmert's lube
    1-25 alloy
    Rem. 2 1/2 primer
    Breech seat 1/8"
    MV - 1369 fps
    Regards
    John

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    Boolit Bub
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    my load is 265gr bullet & 30 imr3031

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    I used a 375-296, 275 grain with 18.5 grains of 4227, very mild, 1,400 fps from a 24" Marlin CB
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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