Crazy Horse
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I've taken a liking to Titegroup and using it for revolver ammunition. I was looking through the Speer reloading manual and came upon 38 special using LSWC (ACME 158 grain coated SWC) bullets. It calls for a max load of 3.3 using Titegroup. I never load at max, but since I was going to shoot these loads using a Taurus 82 rated at +p and a Taurus 65, I figured going max for a 38 special load would not be an issue. I loaded 100 rounds without issue.
The next day, I looked up a load for the bullet using the Hogdon site. They have different loads data with a starting load of 3.2 to a max of 3.8 grains. I decided to load 50 at 3.5 grains.
Went to the range, and shot ~30 rounds in each firearm. the Taurus 82 handled the loads without issue and I had a tighter shot group over the Taurus 65. 3.3 gave me a better shot group, but I suspect that was due to the person firing the revolver (me). I'm still working on the fixed sights for the Taurus 65 so more filing on the rear sight will be done.
I looked for +p information and could only find data for xtp bullets on the hogdon site which calls for 4.3 grains of titegroup.
I could use 3.8 which is the max for 38 special non +p.
Has anyone seen load information on using SWC on a 38 special for +p loads? I'm looking to see how those would feel on the Taurus 82.
TIA
The next day, I looked up a load for the bullet using the Hogdon site. They have different loads data with a starting load of 3.2 to a max of 3.8 grains. I decided to load 50 at 3.5 grains.
Went to the range, and shot ~30 rounds in each firearm. the Taurus 82 handled the loads without issue and I had a tighter shot group over the Taurus 65. 3.3 gave me a better shot group, but I suspect that was due to the person firing the revolver (me). I'm still working on the fixed sights for the Taurus 65 so more filing on the rear sight will be done.
I looked for +p information and could only find data for xtp bullets on the hogdon site which calls for 4.3 grains of titegroup.
I could use 3.8 which is the max for 38 special non +p.
Has anyone seen load information on using SWC on a 38 special for +p loads? I'm looking to see how those would feel on the Taurus 82.
TIA