Famousfamas
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Greetings!
This is my first posting here on THR so I would like to introduce myself.. I have lurked on this forum for a few months and I am looking forward to receive some of the great knowledge that you offer here. Thank you in advance.
Here's my first question: is there a long term or unseen risk with the load that I just developed for Cowboy SASS shooting?
I used to load 3.5 gn of Titegroup , 130gn lead RNFP, 38 Special Federal 100 primer. I want a lighter load to reduce recoil to a minimum which would help my wife and daughter as well. 5 of us shoot in the family.
So I went down to the range with a Uberti Cattleman 5" 1/2 and a Winchester 1873 18", as well as a Lee hand press, Hornady auto-charge, Chrony and I came up with a new charge that I'm really happy with, going down in charge weight gradually from 3.5 to 2.4gn. But before I load the first few thousand rounds a big WHAT IF came to my mind. So if after reading the results any of you has a red flag to raise please do.
I appreciate your time and experience.
Titegroup 3.5gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 251 to 758. Crazy isn't it? Average 495 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 981 to 1027. Better. Average 1002 fps
Titegroup 3.0gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 642 to 670. Average 653 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 779 to 905. Average 847 fps
Titegroup 2.5gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 530 to 548. Average 545 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 649 to 754. Average 700 fps
Titegroup 2.4gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 496 to 525. Average 516 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 593 to 644. Average 638 fps.
The wild range that I got from the 3.5 gn charge brought some memories from loading 45 Colt with Titegroup. There was so little powder in that big 45 case that some some of it failed to burn and was flying in front of my gun while shooting. I decided to load the 45 Colt with Trailboss and the results came very consistent. But for the 38 Special I am very surprised on how much more consistent the results are all the way down to the 2.4 charge. I still shot a 1"1/4 group at 10 yards with that low load.
I did notice that the cases coming out of the rifle were a bit more fouled with burnt powder as I went below 3.0 gn. I assume that it's because the case was under less pressure.
Thank you for reading this. Happy shooting all!
Famous Famas.
This is my first posting here on THR so I would like to introduce myself.. I have lurked on this forum for a few months and I am looking forward to receive some of the great knowledge that you offer here. Thank you in advance.
Here's my first question: is there a long term or unseen risk with the load that I just developed for Cowboy SASS shooting?
I used to load 3.5 gn of Titegroup , 130gn lead RNFP, 38 Special Federal 100 primer. I want a lighter load to reduce recoil to a minimum which would help my wife and daughter as well. 5 of us shoot in the family.
So I went down to the range with a Uberti Cattleman 5" 1/2 and a Winchester 1873 18", as well as a Lee hand press, Hornady auto-charge, Chrony and I came up with a new charge that I'm really happy with, going down in charge weight gradually from 3.5 to 2.4gn. But before I load the first few thousand rounds a big WHAT IF came to my mind. So if after reading the results any of you has a red flag to raise please do.
I appreciate your time and experience.
Titegroup 3.5gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 251 to 758. Crazy isn't it? Average 495 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 981 to 1027. Better. Average 1002 fps
Titegroup 3.0gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 642 to 670. Average 653 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 779 to 905. Average 847 fps
Titegroup 2.5gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 530 to 548. Average 545 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 649 to 754. Average 700 fps
Titegroup 2.4gn
Pistol velocity ranges from 496 to 525. Average 516 fps
Rifle velocity ranges from 593 to 644. Average 638 fps.
The wild range that I got from the 3.5 gn charge brought some memories from loading 45 Colt with Titegroup. There was so little powder in that big 45 case that some some of it failed to burn and was flying in front of my gun while shooting. I decided to load the 45 Colt with Trailboss and the results came very consistent. But for the 38 Special I am very surprised on how much more consistent the results are all the way down to the 2.4 charge. I still shot a 1"1/4 group at 10 yards with that low load.
I did notice that the cases coming out of the rifle were a bit more fouled with burnt powder as I went below 3.0 gn. I assume that it's because the case was under less pressure.
Thank you for reading this. Happy shooting all!
Famous Famas.