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Re: Brass fill, reduced loads

Post by Mistered » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:50 pm

3 grains of Titegroup in the bottom of a .38 case is almost ludicrous.
Yep and don’t forget the old ‘classic’ .38 load - 3.5 grains of Bullseye under a 158 grain cast bullet. Just don’t forget the flashlight inspection of your powder level in the cases before seating bullets.....
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Re: Brass fill, reduced loads

Post by clovishound » Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:27 am

I've gone to the powder cop die. It's much easier to spot an over/under charge than eyeballing the cases, especially in the deep .38/.357 cases.
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Re: Brass fill, reduced loads

Post by larry7293 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:20 pm

I have good accuracy using Titegroup. Powder position in case does not affect performance.
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Re: Brass fill, reduced loads

Post by Ojaileveraction » Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:28 pm

I would challenge all of you to do some specific test for position and pressure sensitivity on any load where you are using less that 50% fill.
When you are doing chrono testing with the round in the chamber point the rifle straight down the bring it up and align the sight and fire.
Then do the same but pointing the rifle up. Then the same keeping it level.
See if the are velocity differences.

Looking thru my load book I found Lyman recommends a polyester fiber wad for many of their 45-70 load data.
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