Potatohead
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Top o' the mornin' fellas and Happy Thanksgiving.
I whipped up a little 380 load last night and found this morning that she shoots straight, with just a tad of thump. (It's a minimum load 3.1gr 800x Sierra 90gr JHP). I think I like it, and it's been hard to like anything about .380 for me so far, but I did notice that the cases are good and sooty (35%-45% of the spent case maybe).
I'm still inexperienced and maybe Im confused but I think Ive read that this could mean you need a heavier charge. Are sooty cases always telling you that you need to up your charge? Is their usually a perfect amount of powder for a load where the soot will disappear (probably not I'd imagine)?
Or are dirty cases something you don't think much about, since their are so many variables at play?
*I'm pretty sure 800x is not the quintessential 380 powder but I like to explore all of my options with all of the powders I have- trying to find a diamond in the rough I guess.
Thanks very much. PH
I whipped up a little 380 load last night and found this morning that she shoots straight, with just a tad of thump. (It's a minimum load 3.1gr 800x Sierra 90gr JHP). I think I like it, and it's been hard to like anything about .380 for me so far, but I did notice that the cases are good and sooty (35%-45% of the spent case maybe).
I'm still inexperienced and maybe Im confused but I think Ive read that this could mean you need a heavier charge. Are sooty cases always telling you that you need to up your charge? Is their usually a perfect amount of powder for a load where the soot will disappear (probably not I'd imagine)?
Or are dirty cases something you don't think much about, since their are so many variables at play?
*I'm pretty sure 800x is not the quintessential 380 powder but I like to explore all of my options with all of the powders I have- trying to find a diamond in the rough I guess.
Thanks very much. PH