ngaither
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I was doing some load work up on .357 Rem Max this last weekend and it didn't go well at all. I got my load data from the Hornady manual and started with 18.6gr of H110 and worked up to 20.4gr in .2gr increments with CCI 450 primers. With the first loads of 18.6grs there was a lot of soot and unburnt powder in the barrel and around the cartrigdes and the speeds had a variance of about 225fps. I figured that if I just kept going up in powder that maybe the burn of the powder would get better but it didn't. I got the about the same resault all the was up to 20.4grs with no sign of high pressers.
So I guess that this is just not the powder that I need to use but I don't know if I should try a slower powder like AA1680 or a fast to powder like Lil Gun to get a more complete burn.
So I guess that this is just not the powder that I need to use but I don't know if I should try a slower powder like AA1680 or a fast to powder like Lil Gun to get a more complete burn.