Hi all,
I hand load for a Rossi 92, 16 inch barrel in .44 Magnum. This is purely for range work out to 100 yards maximum so far and my reloads tend to be in the 1000 to 1200 feet per range second range. I use 200 or 240 grain round nose flat points or 240 grain Keith style semi wad cutters from Special or Magnum cases. The powders I use are Vihtavuori (N350 03 N32 Tinstar) Red Dot or Bullseye.
I tumble the brass before reloading, but there seems an excessive amount of fouing on the empty cases afterwards and I need to thoroughly clean the magazine after shooting.
I don't reload that many Magnum rounds and that is usually with gas checked bullets, but the case fouling on these is noticeably less.
It would seem to me that this could be the case failing to make a decent seal with the chamber on firing. Could this be solved by a heavier crimp?
Any advice gratefully received
I hand load for a Rossi 92, 16 inch barrel in .44 Magnum. This is purely for range work out to 100 yards maximum so far and my reloads tend to be in the 1000 to 1200 feet per range second range. I use 200 or 240 grain round nose flat points or 240 grain Keith style semi wad cutters from Special or Magnum cases. The powders I use are Vihtavuori (N350 03 N32 Tinstar) Red Dot or Bullseye.
I tumble the brass before reloading, but there seems an excessive amount of fouing on the empty cases afterwards and I need to thoroughly clean the magazine after shooting.
I don't reload that many Magnum rounds and that is usually with gas checked bullets, but the case fouling on these is noticeably less.
It would seem to me that this could be the case failing to make a decent seal with the chamber on firing. Could this be solved by a heavier crimp?
Any advice gratefully received