Sometimes you dont have options. When i started using lil gun i could not get H110. Yes it gets my gun hotter faster. However when dealing with hunting loads that i dont rapid fire, and only shoot 50-100rnds a year of, it works just fine. I do use and prefer h110, but i have no problem using lil gun either.I have used Lil Gun in .300 Blackout, .44 Mag, and .327 Federal; and it was the dominant powder in .458 SOCOM for several years (90-95% of my loads).
Probably somewhere in the range of 500-750 rounds, total.
I never saw any measurable impact on the revolvers and rifles.
They did, however, get hot a lot faster than with loads using other powders.
I have stopped using Lil Gun in metallic cartridges. What I have remaining has been set aside for .410 and similar shot shell loads.
Heat is bad. Why keeping using something less than ideal, when there are other options without the risk?....
I want to know the reason.Never ceases to amaze me how some will postulate without the actual experience or knowledge. Then try to say something someone actually experienced didn't happen. We used to "calibrate engineering models" with actually observed factual experience. Some engineers would try to argue their models were realty, in direct conflict with actual observed results.
Especially relevant when an acknowledged well known manufacturer states things based on what they say they observed in the revolvers they actually manufactured. So i accept it does not happen in the guns previous posters said it didn't. Because i don't have the specific experience they do.
Again, it does not mean it happens in every gun Lil gun is used in, as previously stated.
Can't help ya with the reason, as i simply do not know.I want to know the reason.
Can't help ya with the reason, as i simply do not know.
Perhaps an explanation of "no issues" may be helpful? Does it mean no throat erosion or top strap cutting in the revolvers?I've shot thousands of rounds of 300BO, 450BM, .41 Mag and .414 SuperMag loaded with Lil Gun, no issues at all
You said it in post #27.Zeke said:Am confused, where did anyone say it ruined a forcing cone in a few shots?
About 10 rds through Ruger 32 mag ss with max loads lil gun and speer 75 jfp. Start of throat erosion and top strap cutting. While not serious damage, it happened too quickly for my preference. Stopped using lil gun for this application.