thomis
Member
Hello friends. A little while ago I posted a pic in the general gun discussion forum. The pic showed two of my carry pieces, a Ruger SR40c and a Smith & Wesson 340 PD .357. The whole intention was just for fun but I erroneously quoted velocity of the .357. What I quoted was an approximate velocity from a favorite recipe out of my Lyman Pistol and Revolver manual, (though mine is the 2nd edition).
The purpose of these trials was to find a full house load that clocked potent velocity from a less than 2" bbl, and I could still keep on paper at 10 yards. It was actually closer to 9 yards. I still need to tweak a few of the loads for accuracy. Regardless, you may or may not find it interesting. I wish I had someone to help me film to zoom in on the chronograph. Youtube shrinks the videos so much you can't read the digits (sometimes you can, if you double click the video and make it full screen).
I have to be honest, I didn't think Blue Dot would take the cake in the velocity arena. Mag primers were only used with the H110 and True Blue powders. Standard primers were used everywhere else, including the screaming hot Blue Dot loads. All brass was brand new Winchester brass. All primers were CCI. The 158 grain hard cast were from Missouri Bullet Company. The other two bullets used were 140 grain jacketed Speer Unicore HP and Hornady XTP's. All loads had a heavy crimp so as to not unseat a bullet under recoil, also to achieve the highest velocity.
No bones in my hand, wrist or arms were fractured.
Hope you enjoy.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
I have to warn you the Ruger SR40c video is terrible, I was fumbling too much. I'm working on some better handloads for that gun, waiting on components to come...
couple fotos just for fun.
The set-up
The purpose of these trials was to find a full house load that clocked potent velocity from a less than 2" bbl, and I could still keep on paper at 10 yards. It was actually closer to 9 yards. I still need to tweak a few of the loads for accuracy. Regardless, you may or may not find it interesting. I wish I had someone to help me film to zoom in on the chronograph. Youtube shrinks the videos so much you can't read the digits (sometimes you can, if you double click the video and make it full screen).
I have to be honest, I didn't think Blue Dot would take the cake in the velocity arena. Mag primers were only used with the H110 and True Blue powders. Standard primers were used everywhere else, including the screaming hot Blue Dot loads. All brass was brand new Winchester brass. All primers were CCI. The 158 grain hard cast were from Missouri Bullet Company. The other two bullets used were 140 grain jacketed Speer Unicore HP and Hornady XTP's. All loads had a heavy crimp so as to not unseat a bullet under recoil, also to achieve the highest velocity.
No bones in my hand, wrist or arms were fractured.
Hope you enjoy.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
I have to warn you the Ruger SR40c video is terrible, I was fumbling too much. I'm working on some better handloads for that gun, waiting on components to come...
couple fotos just for fun.
The set-up
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