I'll soon be 67 so maybe it's just the fact that I'm getting old but I went out and ran twelve rounds of my loaded Winch. 240 gr JHP's over 23.5 grs. of H110 through my 5.5" stainless Redhawk yesterday and I really didn't care for it from a recoil standpoint......so much in fact I came home and pulled the remaining 38 rounds from a 50 round box.
A little background info.......April of 2015 during the powder shortage I bought some CFE Pistol and tried it under some 180 gr XTP's. The Hodgdon site shows a min of 12.6 grs. @ 1466 and a max of 14.0 grs. @ 1595 with them using a 8.275" barrel.
Fired single action off bags my load of 13.6 grs. of CFE under the 180's is very accurate at 30 yds and not uncomfortable to shoot through my 5.5" Redhawk......for the lack of a chrony and the difference in barrel lengths I have no idea of the FPS (anyone care to venture a guess ?).
I've got several hundred of the Winch. 240 gr. JHP's that I picked up on a closeout a few years ago and naturally I want to use them up but certainly not with 23.5 grs of H110.
My on hand pistols powders are H110, Unique, IMR 4227, 2400 and W231.
The 240 grainers will be used as a sidearm when deer hunting and punching paper.
Any suggestions for a load using the 240's that will be comfortable to shoot ?
Thanks fellas.
A little background info.......April of 2015 during the powder shortage I bought some CFE Pistol and tried it under some 180 gr XTP's. The Hodgdon site shows a min of 12.6 grs. @ 1466 and a max of 14.0 grs. @ 1595 with them using a 8.275" barrel.
Fired single action off bags my load of 13.6 grs. of CFE under the 180's is very accurate at 30 yds and not uncomfortable to shoot through my 5.5" Redhawk......for the lack of a chrony and the difference in barrel lengths I have no idea of the FPS (anyone care to venture a guess ?).
I've got several hundred of the Winch. 240 gr. JHP's that I picked up on a closeout a few years ago and naturally I want to use them up but certainly not with 23.5 grs of H110.
My on hand pistols powders are H110, Unique, IMR 4227, 2400 and W231.
The 240 grainers will be used as a sidearm when deer hunting and punching paper.
Any suggestions for a load using the 240's that will be comfortable to shoot ?
Thanks fellas.