Hondo 60
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OK guys & gals.
I bought some Lil Gun a while back to make some Ruger only loads for my Blackhawk 45 Colt.
Well I sold the Blackhawk & the Lil Gun's just been sitting.
So I a wild hair up my butt & started checking for published recipes
for Lil Gun in other calibers.
According to Hodgdon's data 16-18 gr will work with a 357 mag.
with a Hornady XTP 158.
I don't have any Hornady bullets.
What I have is MBC 357 Action they're 18 BHN.
So I figured I'd keep the powder on the lower side & try it.
I loaded up three rounds with 17 gr & they snapped pretty hard.
I also noticed there was just a bit of flattening with the primer.
So, for my range time, I loaded a few with 16.7 gr.
and took along the chronograph.
They graphed at 375 fps!
I don't understand why they were so slow!
(and they snapped hard enough that I don't really want to try to
up the powder closer to the 18 gr limit.)
At 16.7 grains this still well within the published data (except that I used lead).
Any helpful, courteous, thoughts would be appreciated.
smart alec comments are not appreciated.
thanks!
I bought some Lil Gun a while back to make some Ruger only loads for my Blackhawk 45 Colt.
Well I sold the Blackhawk & the Lil Gun's just been sitting.
So I a wild hair up my butt & started checking for published recipes
for Lil Gun in other calibers.
According to Hodgdon's data 16-18 gr will work with a 357 mag.
with a Hornady XTP 158.
I don't have any Hornady bullets.
What I have is MBC 357 Action they're 18 BHN.
So I figured I'd keep the powder on the lower side & try it.
I loaded up three rounds with 17 gr & they snapped pretty hard.
I also noticed there was just a bit of flattening with the primer.
So, for my range time, I loaded a few with 16.7 gr.
and took along the chronograph.
They graphed at 375 fps!
I don't understand why they were so slow!
(and they snapped hard enough that I don't really want to try to
up the powder closer to the 18 gr limit.)
At 16.7 grains this still well within the published data (except that I used lead).
Any helpful, courteous, thoughts would be appreciated.
smart alec comments are not appreciated.
thanks!