Dan Forrester
Member
I bought a box of Hornady hollow base wadcutters back a few months ago to experiment with. I began with the published starting loads in the Hornady manual and worked up to max. They have been a lot of fun! I even loaded up a batch of them backwards which was pretty cool in water jugs.
The lowest published load of Bullseye in the Hornady manual is 2.1 grains. So starting with 2.0 grains I worked my way down in increments of 0.2 grains down to a lowest of 1.2 grains of bullseye. I used a .32 acp slug to push them a little deeper into the case than the the seater would allow. The end result looked like a nagant revolver round. I figured by pushing them deeper into the case it will take up some of the excess space. This should provide more consistent ignition and lessen the chance of a detonation.
I really liked them around 1.4 grains. You can visibly see the slug moving. They are super quiet! I’m shooting them out of a SBR Ruger 77/357 with an 11” barrel and suppressor.
I’d like to load up a batch of them tomorrow. As long as I’m being careful to watch for a stuck slug in the barrel this should be pretty safe right?
Thanks,
Dan
The lowest published load of Bullseye in the Hornady manual is 2.1 grains. So starting with 2.0 grains I worked my way down in increments of 0.2 grains down to a lowest of 1.2 grains of bullseye. I used a .32 acp slug to push them a little deeper into the case than the the seater would allow. The end result looked like a nagant revolver round. I figured by pushing them deeper into the case it will take up some of the excess space. This should provide more consistent ignition and lessen the chance of a detonation.
I really liked them around 1.4 grains. You can visibly see the slug moving. They are super quiet! I’m shooting them out of a SBR Ruger 77/357 with an 11” barrel and suppressor.
I’d like to load up a batch of them tomorrow. As long as I’m being careful to watch for a stuck slug in the barrel this should be pretty safe right?
Thanks,
Dan