I've been shooting my Dad's handloads and now my loads (same recipe) for about 1000 rounds now. Very accurate out of my Series 80 Gold Cup with an old school Centaur Systems barrel. Recently I started loading for a couple other calibers and bought a chrono and was a little surprised to see the velocity I was getting.
1150-1200 fps using 7.6grn of Win 231 pushing a 158grn semi-wadcutter.
When I look at the load data from Hodgdon, it shows 1112fps using 6.7grn of 231 with a 155grn.
Being so new to handloading, how can I be sure my load is safe? Like I said, it's very accurate, never jams for me (does occasionally jam when a "non-shooting" friend shoots it), primers don't seem to be flattened much.
Thoughts?
1150-1200 fps using 7.6grn of Win 231 pushing a 158grn semi-wadcutter.
When I look at the load data from Hodgdon, it shows 1112fps using 6.7grn of 231 with a 155grn.
Being so new to handloading, how can I be sure my load is safe? Like I said, it's very accurate, never jams for me (does occasionally jam when a "non-shooting" friend shoots it), primers don't seem to be flattened much.
Thoughts?