Reefinmike
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I'm new to reloading and I'm sure this will be fine, but I want to be on the safe side. I've been reloading really light 158gr lswc in 38 cases and I'm amazed, my 15 yard groups out of my snubbie went from scattered all over the largest shoot n see target(13 or 14") with factory ammo down to 3" groups. But want to load up some hotter mAgnums just for that nice recoil.
My lees reloading manual only has data for various lead and xtp(from my understanding, simply hornady hollowpoints, also can use golden sabers etc, deep cavity jhp) bullets, not copper jacketed. At the gunshow I picked up a couple hundred 125 gr jacketed swc and loaded up 50 with 7.4gr win231 and 50 with 8.1 gr win 231. For the 125grxtp bullets, my manual calls for a starting load of 7.3gr(1335 fps) and 8.5gr(1514fps 42,700psi) for the max with win231.
From my understanding, xtp data is separate simply because they are a longer bullet due to the hp, decreasing case capacity, increasing pressures due to both case capacity and a larger bearing surface on the rifling.
Heading to the range tomorrow looking to test out these loads and looking to be reassured that my assumptions are correct. You know what they say - assuming makes a hand grenade out of your gun!
Mike
My lees reloading manual only has data for various lead and xtp(from my understanding, simply hornady hollowpoints, also can use golden sabers etc, deep cavity jhp) bullets, not copper jacketed. At the gunshow I picked up a couple hundred 125 gr jacketed swc and loaded up 50 with 7.4gr win231 and 50 with 8.1 gr win 231. For the 125grxtp bullets, my manual calls for a starting load of 7.3gr(1335 fps) and 8.5gr(1514fps 42,700psi) for the max with win231.
From my understanding, xtp data is separate simply because they are a longer bullet due to the hp, decreasing case capacity, increasing pressures due to both case capacity and a larger bearing surface on the rifling.
Heading to the range tomorrow looking to test out these loads and looking to be reassured that my assumptions are correct. You know what they say - assuming makes a hand grenade out of your gun!
Mike