Is powder really that hard to ignite?
I wouldn’t have thought so, until I found I burned kernels in my magnum pistol.
Since I started so low it wasn’t burning all of the powder at its preferred pressure before the bullet “left scene”.
And would magnum primers solve the issue?
Using a magnum primer increased the initial starting pressure of the burn, causing a more complete burn of the same amount of powder, increasing performance. Because I know there was not enough room for the powder to shift, it was not from position sensitivity.
I agree with
@.38 Special, though I can not prove so either.
I thought I’d use slower powders, to avoid the dreaded double charge, as it would pour out the top.
But as got my own “Tao”, my handloading way, the process, I found it was not necessary. I batch load, hundreds at a cycle. After a single case is charged a bullet is seated. No doubling of anything. I can stop at any interruption, lock the door, and return to the process.
(I look like an octopus loading, but it’s good exercise. Ever hand weigh eight hundred 45Auto charges? I trust my measure now...
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I have found it to be of little consequence when using powders appropriate for the intended cartridges.
But where’s the fun in that?