I recently purchased my first revolver. A S&W 686 Pro Series .357 mag and i worked up a couple starting loads for it and I also purchased some cheap factory ammo from Walmart. I've never shot a revolver of any kind before so I'm not sure what this means, if anything. From my perspective, the factory ammo has a slight but noticable in daylight muzzle flash. The reloads had huge flame like flash. According to my wife who was watching me shoot, th factory ammo had the muzzle flash and no noticable flash coming around the cylinder whereas she said my reloads had huge flash coming out around the cylinder and no noticable muzzle flash. Both my loads had quite a bit less recoil than the factory. Does that difference in flash mean anything? I realize different powder can have different flash but I was surprised there was so much difference and that the location was different.
My loads were mixed brass, 2400 powder (15.7 gr & 16.5 gr), S&B small pistol primers, Hornady XTP 125 gr and a COL of 1.582
The factory ammo is Remington UMC JSP 125 gr.
My loads were mixed brass, 2400 powder (15.7 gr & 16.5 gr), S&B small pistol primers, Hornady XTP 125 gr and a COL of 1.582
The factory ammo is Remington UMC JSP 125 gr.
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