TKHover
Member
I'm fairly new to this and have some questions. I'm loading 9mm, .38 Spl, & .357 Mag on a Hornady Classic Single Stage. I've been using Alliant Unique for all. I am very happy with my first loads of 9mm & .38. My question is with the .38 & .357. For the .38 I'm using 3.2 gr Unique under Zero 148 gr. HBWC and DEWC. My first loads were shot out of a S&W 4" M15 with very accurate results, 3 to 1 in the X ring at 25 yds compared to factory ammo. The results were not as good, using the same .38 loads, out of my S&W 4" M586, which has always been a very accurate gun. Would I be better off just shooting .357's out of the 586? If so, what is a good .357 load using Unique with Winchester small pistol primers, not magnum primers? Most of the loading manuals give figures with the magnum primers. How much difference does that make? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Tom
Tom