redhat1968
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My father has passed on his love of reloading and shooting to me. I have enjoyed teaching my kids safety first and then the fun of shooting. I recently purchased a chrony and began testing some of my cast rounds I had worked up. I used factory rounds as a control to determine how far off my chrony was reading the published velocity.
A factory Magtech 38 +P 158 grain was listed at 890 fps out of the muzzel. It was chrony'ed 876 fps at 10 feet. My 158 cast reloads zinged in at 972 using a slower Blue Dot powder.
When I went to test my smaller 125 grain SJHP bullets, I used factory Remington nickel brass marked R.P 38 Spec +P as a control. I was surprised to find these loads clock in a just over 1300 fps.
Is there any 38 Special load out there marked as such that would dial in at what seems Magnum loads for the .357? I guess I am lucky I still have a gun, the brass, and all my fingers...
A factory Magtech 38 +P 158 grain was listed at 890 fps out of the muzzel. It was chrony'ed 876 fps at 10 feet. My 158 cast reloads zinged in at 972 using a slower Blue Dot powder.
When I went to test my smaller 125 grain SJHP bullets, I used factory Remington nickel brass marked R.P 38 Spec +P as a control. I was surprised to find these loads clock in a just over 1300 fps.
Is there any 38 Special load out there marked as such that would dial in at what seems Magnum loads for the .357? I guess I am lucky I still have a gun, the brass, and all my fingers...