OrangePwrx9
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I've read elsewhere that some time in the recent past, Alliant recommended against using Blue Dot for 357 loads with the 125 gr. JHP. Apparently it can damage revolvers. I saw nothing on whether this only applied to maximum loads or the type of damage that occurred.
I could not find this warning in the most recent Alliant reloading manual, but they do NOT list loads for Blue Dot/125JHP for either the 38 Special or the 357 Magnum. Blue Dot loads WERE listed for heavier bullets in both calibers and pretty much across the board in comparable handgun calibers. My old (and new) reloading manuals still list Blue Dot loads with the 125 JHP.
I have several pounds of Blue Dot and a few hundred 125 JHPs. Would like to use all this to make intermediate 357 magnum loads for use in the revolvers and the Marlin 1894 rifle. I'm thinking in the neighborhood of 9 to 10.5 grains of Blue Dot behind the 125 JHP. My books indicate that pressure levels would be little more than 38 +P for these loads.
I'm wondering what the nature of this warning was and whether these reduced loads would get around the problem.
Search didn't come up with anything so, sorry if this has been discussed before.
I could not find this warning in the most recent Alliant reloading manual, but they do NOT list loads for Blue Dot/125JHP for either the 38 Special or the 357 Magnum. Blue Dot loads WERE listed for heavier bullets in both calibers and pretty much across the board in comparable handgun calibers. My old (and new) reloading manuals still list Blue Dot loads with the 125 JHP.
I have several pounds of Blue Dot and a few hundred 125 JHPs. Would like to use all this to make intermediate 357 magnum loads for use in the revolvers and the Marlin 1894 rifle. I'm thinking in the neighborhood of 9 to 10.5 grains of Blue Dot behind the 125 JHP. My books indicate that pressure levels would be little more than 38 +P for these loads.
I'm wondering what the nature of this warning was and whether these reduced loads would get around the problem.
Search didn't come up with anything so, sorry if this has been discussed before.