Mr_Flintstone
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I’ve been working on full power .32 S&W Long loads, and I have found that a great deal of data that’s out there seems to be way over 15,000 psi. I worked up a load on Gordon’s reloading tool that seems quite stout, but shows to be within SAAMI specs. The gun is a Charter Undercoverette in .32 H&R magnum with a 2” barrel and a 1.5” cylinder which I needed to add together to get a barrel length of 3.5” per Gordon’s instructions. I used a cylinder gap of .004”. I’m using Starline cases trimmed to .915” with a case capacity of 12.9 gr H2O and an 85 gr XTP seated to .22” for an overall length of 1.144”. For the load I used 7.7 gr IMR 4227. Gordon’s calculates a 100% load ratio with a muzzle velocity of 820.8 fps at a pressure of 14,159 psi. Testing on my chronograph I got 817 fps with an sd of 17 fps, so at least the velocity prediction is right on the money.
If someone who has Quickload has a little spare time, would you run these numbers to see what it predicts for velocity and pressure? I plan to break down and buy Quickload for Christmas, but I’d really like to know how Gordon’s predictions jive with Quickload.
If someone who has Quickload has a little spare time, would you run these numbers to see what it predicts for velocity and pressure? I plan to break down and buy Quickload for Christmas, but I’d really like to know how Gordon’s predictions jive with Quickload.