I bought some (just a sample - 60 bullets or so) 115gr RN Hi-Tek coated bullets from Chey-Cast Bullets.
I'm loading for a Walther PPQ - which seems to be well-known (amongst PPQ owners) as having a short [freebore? leade? some other term?] - whatever the right term is. What I've loaded for this gun before has ended up being short. In one case my Zero Bullets 124gr FMJ RN are loaded to 1.090" and Zero has a 115gr JHP I load to 1.079".
I just did some die setup / plunk testing on these 115gr RN coated bullets and they don't plunk until I get to 1.035".
I was going to use HP-38. Hodgdon's website lists 4.3gr (min) to 4.8gr (max) for 115gr LRN - with a tested COL of 1.100".
With that short of a COL that I need to get to (1.035") do folks think I should start out lower than Hodgdon's min of 4.3gr? Or do you think I'm good to go with starting at 4.3gr for load workup?
Thx.
OR
I'm loading for a Walther PPQ - which seems to be well-known (amongst PPQ owners) as having a short [freebore? leade? some other term?] - whatever the right term is. What I've loaded for this gun before has ended up being short. In one case my Zero Bullets 124gr FMJ RN are loaded to 1.090" and Zero has a 115gr JHP I load to 1.079".
I just did some die setup / plunk testing on these 115gr RN coated bullets and they don't plunk until I get to 1.035".
I was going to use HP-38. Hodgdon's website lists 4.3gr (min) to 4.8gr (max) for 115gr LRN - with a tested COL of 1.100".
With that short of a COL that I need to get to (1.035") do folks think I should start out lower than Hodgdon's min of 4.3gr? Or do you think I'm good to go with starting at 4.3gr for load workup?
Thx.
OR