Prowler53
Member
I have a question for the revolver experts. I purchased a used 1980's era Taurus model 66 357 Mag.
Bought it from the local gun shop, and the owner of the shop told me that he knew someone who had passed away, and his wife was selling his guns and reloading gear to him. He told me this because I had inquired about a used .357 revolver. A couple days later he calls me and said he got a couple pistols and a bunch of 357 brass from this guys wife. I ended up buying the 357 revolver, a bunch of brass and he threw in 100 rounds of reloaded 357's, as well as some 158 grain Laser Cast RNFP bullets.
So this past week I loaded up some 357's and took the gun out yesterday to shoot it for the first time.
I started out shooting 18 rounds of some of the loaded bullets that I got with the gun, everything went well without any issues. Then I loaded up the rounds that I had reloaded and they actually grouped much better. The issue I had was when I tried to eject the cases, one of them were hanging up a little, and the ejector would not push the cases out all the way. I had to pull them out with my fingers.
I loaded up another 6 and fired them off with the same problem, only this time 2 of the cases were sticking. I was able to grab them and give them a good pull and they popped out, so it's not as if they were jammed tight. I decided to try the reloads I got with the gun again, and had no problems. Cases slid right out. So I'm guessing it's something to do with my reloads. Here's what I can tell you to see if you might have an answer:
Bullets for the rounds I received and my reloads were the same 158gr laser cast rnfp.
OAL was the same: 1.570 I used 14.1 gr H110 but I have no idea what powder he used for his reloads. I used a heavy crimp. CCI 550 Magnum Primers
Laser cast has load data posted for this bullet with H110.
Starting Load 13.8gr 1225 fps oal 1.570 Max 14.5 gr 1296 fps oal 1.570
By the way....The primers did not show any sign of high pressure.
Sorry such a long post, but I needed to explain the details the best I could
Bought it from the local gun shop, and the owner of the shop told me that he knew someone who had passed away, and his wife was selling his guns and reloading gear to him. He told me this because I had inquired about a used .357 revolver. A couple days later he calls me and said he got a couple pistols and a bunch of 357 brass from this guys wife. I ended up buying the 357 revolver, a bunch of brass and he threw in 100 rounds of reloaded 357's, as well as some 158 grain Laser Cast RNFP bullets.
So this past week I loaded up some 357's and took the gun out yesterday to shoot it for the first time.
I started out shooting 18 rounds of some of the loaded bullets that I got with the gun, everything went well without any issues. Then I loaded up the rounds that I had reloaded and they actually grouped much better. The issue I had was when I tried to eject the cases, one of them were hanging up a little, and the ejector would not push the cases out all the way. I had to pull them out with my fingers.
I loaded up another 6 and fired them off with the same problem, only this time 2 of the cases were sticking. I was able to grab them and give them a good pull and they popped out, so it's not as if they were jammed tight. I decided to try the reloads I got with the gun again, and had no problems. Cases slid right out. So I'm guessing it's something to do with my reloads. Here's what I can tell you to see if you might have an answer:
Bullets for the rounds I received and my reloads were the same 158gr laser cast rnfp.
OAL was the same: 1.570 I used 14.1 gr H110 but I have no idea what powder he used for his reloads. I used a heavy crimp. CCI 550 Magnum Primers
Laser cast has load data posted for this bullet with H110.
Starting Load 13.8gr 1225 fps oal 1.570 Max 14.5 gr 1296 fps oal 1.570
By the way....The primers did not show any sign of high pressure.
Sorry such a long post, but I needed to explain the details the best I could