W.E.G.
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I'm loading jacketed bullets.
100-grain and 115-grain.
Using Winchester 231 and Unique powders.
Powder charges will be warmish, not hot or atomic.
I'm aiming for something in the 20,000 psi range.
Quickload lists the max-pressure for .32 H&R mag as 23,496.
(.38 Special being 17,000 psi max)
To be fired in a Ruger Single-Six revolver.
I have 2000 standard small pistol primers already on hand.
I'd need to spend a couple hours in the car, and spend more money, to pick up some magnum small
pistol primers. Not that I couldn't use a reason to get out of the house, but I'd rather use my stock on
hand unless there is a really good reason to not use the standard primers.
I have found James Calhoon's primer thickness chart to be very helpful for RIFLE primer choices.
http://www.jamescalhoon.com/primers_and_pressure.php
Calhoon mentions that pistol primers are 0.017" thick, but curiously does not differentiate
small-standard-pistol and small-magnum-pistol.
Quickload only leaves me scratching my head too.
I don't think 231 or Unique fall into the "difficult to ignite" category.
My real concern is that I do not want any PIERCED primers.
Maybe I should just use standard small rifle primers.
At 0.020" cup thickness, I would be thicker than Calhoons 0.017" number for pistol primers.
I'll venture that the Ruger strikes hard enough to reliably ignite the 0.020" primer.
100-grain and 115-grain.
Using Winchester 231 and Unique powders.
Powder charges will be warmish, not hot or atomic.
I'm aiming for something in the 20,000 psi range.
Quickload lists the max-pressure for .32 H&R mag as 23,496.
(.38 Special being 17,000 psi max)
To be fired in a Ruger Single-Six revolver.
I have 2000 standard small pistol primers already on hand.
I'd need to spend a couple hours in the car, and spend more money, to pick up some magnum small
pistol primers. Not that I couldn't use a reason to get out of the house, but I'd rather use my stock on
hand unless there is a really good reason to not use the standard primers.
I have found James Calhoon's primer thickness chart to be very helpful for RIFLE primer choices.
http://www.jamescalhoon.com/primers_and_pressure.php
Calhoon mentions that pistol primers are 0.017" thick, but curiously does not differentiate
small-standard-pistol and small-magnum-pistol.
Quickload only leaves me scratching my head too.
I don't think 231 or Unique fall into the "difficult to ignite" category.
My real concern is that I do not want any PIERCED primers.
Maybe I should just use standard small rifle primers.
At 0.020" cup thickness, I would be thicker than Calhoons 0.017" number for pistol primers.
I'll venture that the Ruger strikes hard enough to reliably ignite the 0.020" primer.