I want to try another brand or two of factory ammo as well as some jacketed handloads but, yeah, hopefully it won't have to go back.Looks like a keeper. Doesn't have to go back to the mother ship.
11 gr Blue Dot is what i loaded in a S&W 645, 45acp with a 200 gr lswc. Interesting.
There is a strong catch right when the cylinder stop pops into the notches but that can probably be tuned up.
USB i see you number your chambers. May i ask your reason for doing this? I think i know but.....
I did that earlier when I was having the inaccuracy and keyholing issues. I fired a couple groups using each individual chamber to see if the problem was related to one specifically. It wasn't.
I appreciate your posts, as I am considering this gun or waiting for a 4.2" version.
For a S&W 696 with lead or jacketed, my go to powders are W-231, Accurate #5 and VV N340.
Hornady's 8th edition has load data using a 3" CA Bulldog for the test firearm.Has Ruger said anything about a 4" barrel? I have been using Blue Dot because I have a can that I'll probably never use otherwise. I am just glad to be finding a halfway decent use for it. I also have a few faster powders that I'll try after I find a box of two of jacketed bullets.[/QUOTE said:Not that I'm aware of, just a wishful thought.
https://load-data.nosler.com/load-data/44-special/
you might want to slug your barrel and check the throat diameters. something is not right here. the gun should shoot jacketed bullets w/o keyholeing.
murf
can you at least check your throats by sliding one of those xtp bullets down each of them? if it's a sloppy fit, you'll know why your lead bullets are keyholeing.
murf
that's weird! can you dig a jacketed bullet out of the berm and make sure there are land marks on both sides of the bullet? the only thing i can think of here is a grossly oversize barrel bore and groove diameter. weird.
lead bullet bases will expand out to and oversize bore, but jacketed won't. weird.
murf
I'm not surprised, it's what Ruger does,. If a 2 x 10 joist will do I will try to make a 2 x 12 workI wonder why they had to beef up the cylinder diameter so much for a .44 Special? Seems odd. The cylinder diameter is closer in diameter to an N-frame than an L-frame now. Seems unnecessary and undesirable for a carry gun.
I wonder why they had to beef up the cylinder diameter so much for a .44 Special? Seems odd. The cylinder diameter is closer in diameter to an N-frame than an L-frame now. Seems unnecessary and undesirable for a carry gun.