Greetings,
I have been experimenting with H110, Blue Dot and Unique on a 6 1/2" Taurus 357 Magnum and 158gr JSP (Jacketed soft point) bullets.
My wife likes shooting the 357 magnum with big recoil. My goal is not to have the smallest recoil, but the biggest one. (Her next gun will be a 44 Magnum which is the highest caliber we can shoot at the interior range). And then she has an eye on the .454 Casull for the outside range we go once a month.
Here are the end range loads I tested (I incremented for each one):
H110 16.4gr
Blue Dot 10 gr
Unique 7.4 gr
I am using only magnum primers.
The biggest recoil is H110 16.4 gr. I do not dare to go up to the upper limit that is 16.7 gr because as of now, with my electronic scale and my Dillon 550B powder measure, it shows a load ranging (averaging) from 16.3 gr to 16.5 gr.
So my questions are:
1 - Can I get a bigger recoil with those powders or #2 (I have those in stock right now). If not, what other powder and load will give me a bigger recoil?
2 - I did not see any sign of over pressure. Can I "dare" to set up the 550b powder measure to 16.7 gr for the H110 and "survive" a range from 16.6 gr to 16.8 gr or even 16.9 gr?
About question #2, I am an engineer (in computers) and I have all the science classes an engineer needs to take. So, when I measure the powder, I proceeded like this:
Take 4 loads and divide the total by 4. The average "should" compensate for the scale imprecision (The scale has only one digit after the dot for the grains). Do that 5 times. Then each 20 rounds I assemble, I take four loads measurement and if the total divided by 4 is +- .1 grain, it is acceptable.
3 - Will using non magnum primers with Blue Dot or Unique will change the recoil and makes it harder?
Thank you
I have been experimenting with H110, Blue Dot and Unique on a 6 1/2" Taurus 357 Magnum and 158gr JSP (Jacketed soft point) bullets.
My wife likes shooting the 357 magnum with big recoil. My goal is not to have the smallest recoil, but the biggest one. (Her next gun will be a 44 Magnum which is the highest caliber we can shoot at the interior range). And then she has an eye on the .454 Casull for the outside range we go once a month.
Here are the end range loads I tested (I incremented for each one):
H110 16.4gr
Blue Dot 10 gr
Unique 7.4 gr
I am using only magnum primers.
The biggest recoil is H110 16.4 gr. I do not dare to go up to the upper limit that is 16.7 gr because as of now, with my electronic scale and my Dillon 550B powder measure, it shows a load ranging (averaging) from 16.3 gr to 16.5 gr.
So my questions are:
1 - Can I get a bigger recoil with those powders or #2 (I have those in stock right now). If not, what other powder and load will give me a bigger recoil?
2 - I did not see any sign of over pressure. Can I "dare" to set up the 550b powder measure to 16.7 gr for the H110 and "survive" a range from 16.6 gr to 16.8 gr or even 16.9 gr?
About question #2, I am an engineer (in computers) and I have all the science classes an engineer needs to take. So, when I measure the powder, I proceeded like this:
Take 4 loads and divide the total by 4. The average "should" compensate for the scale imprecision (The scale has only one digit after the dot for the grains). Do that 5 times. Then each 20 rounds I assemble, I take four loads measurement and if the total divided by 4 is +- .1 grain, it is acceptable.
3 - Will using non magnum primers with Blue Dot or Unique will change the recoil and makes it harder?
Thank you