First post! Good to be joining this community. Lots of questions on various topics, mostly reloading, and here is the first.
I recently acquired an old Iver Johnson safety hammerless (3rd model) in 32 S&W (short...just clarifying), and I was looking to reload for it. I have new brass (Winchester) and 78gr Acme .313 boolits. I have read there is some data for 78gr cast using Win231 in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook, and that the max load was around 2.5gr with an impressive (for 32 S&W) 800fps. Can anyone confirm?
In the meantime, I do not have any Win231 at the moment, but most of a jar of Win244, which is rather new and doesn’t have a lot of load data for...older cartridges yet. I have noticed, though, that Win244 is just a bit slower than Win231, and for 9mm, .380 Auto, and a few others that have load data for both, Win244 seems safe in anything that can use Win231, and generally the max load will be a bit more for Win244 than Win231, with 244 also giving slightly higher velocities for the same chamber pressure.
All that being said, what are everyone’s thoughts on using Win244 in 32 S&W, and does anyone have the capability of calculating the theoretical results of a 2.0gr load behind the 78gr Acmes?
Thanks!