TaxPhd,
Careful with the low powder charges. I have heard some terrible tales. W296 even warns against reduced loads doesn't it? I know in a bottle-neck cartridge there is a phenomenon that has occasionally been documented where the powder is thrown forward and when lit off acts like a shape charge to the rear. The circumstances are difficult if not impossible to repeat, but some of the old books warn against it. I've never heard of it in a short stubby case, like the .45 ACP, but still ...
Art, have you ever heard of this? Is it an old reloaders' wives tale??
Careful with the low powder charges. I have heard some terrible tales. W296 even warns against reduced loads doesn't it? I know in a bottle-neck cartridge there is a phenomenon that has occasionally been documented where the powder is thrown forward and when lit off acts like a shape charge to the rear. The circumstances are difficult if not impossible to repeat, but some of the old books warn against it. I've never heard of it in a short stubby case, like the .45 ACP, but still ...
Art, have you ever heard of this? Is it an old reloaders' wives tale??