Hey guys and gals ,
With all this new found free time on my hands I've been doing some reloading . I was looking at my notes and some loads I worked up a year or two ago but don't load much . What I see is that I was using mag primers with powders that likely don't need them . Powders like CFE pistol , W-231 .
That got me think how I don't use magnum primers in any of the other cartridges I use those powders in so how important is using them when loading 357 magnum while using traditionally none magnum type powders ??
This also brings up the idea of 2400 not needing magnum primers even for heavy magnum loads . I've read you will get much higher pressures if you do which leads me to think I'd get much lower pressure if I didn't use magnum primers loading 357 and powders like WSF , W-231 , CFE pistol .
Oh then there's powders like HS-6 which I've heard may actually do better with magnum primers even though it's often not required in cartridges HS-6 is often used in ?? I bring up the HS-6 thing because I do have a 158gr hard cast lead load using HS-6 and magnum primers . I think it's 9gr or so and it feels hot to me and smokes like I'm shooting black powder , ok maybe not that bad but it's by far the most smokey load of any cartridge I load .
Any thoughts
With all this new found free time on my hands I've been doing some reloading . I was looking at my notes and some loads I worked up a year or two ago but don't load much . What I see is that I was using mag primers with powders that likely don't need them . Powders like CFE pistol , W-231 .
That got me think how I don't use magnum primers in any of the other cartridges I use those powders in so how important is using them when loading 357 magnum while using traditionally none magnum type powders ??
This also brings up the idea of 2400 not needing magnum primers even for heavy magnum loads . I've read you will get much higher pressures if you do which leads me to think I'd get much lower pressure if I didn't use magnum primers loading 357 and powders like WSF , W-231 , CFE pistol .
Oh then there's powders like HS-6 which I've heard may actually do better with magnum primers even though it's often not required in cartridges HS-6 is often used in ?? I bring up the HS-6 thing because I do have a 158gr hard cast lead load using HS-6 and magnum primers . I think it's 9gr or so and it feels hot to me and smokes like I'm shooting black powder , ok maybe not that bad but it's by far the most smokey load of any cartridge I load .
Any thoughts