I load for 380. 100 grain Berry's Plated. Usually use about 2.8 grains of Titegroup out of a PK380.
So here's the deal: unburned powder. A mess of it. I'll shoot about 150-250 rounds at the range. By the time I'm done I look like a kippered beef stick. There's so many black specks on me it's sick. They get all over my arm, my face, etc.
I've heard people say that it's because the loads are underpowered. I find that a bit skeptical. The published load data for Titegroup maxes, usually, at 2.8 to 3.0 depending on the source. I tried varying COL of 2.80 down to 2.70 with no change. The brass looks crispy. It's not easy to remove the burn marks. I don't care about the brass looking crappy, since it's brass. Not a religious shrine. The burn marks are apparently a hallmark of Titegroup. That's not my concern. But it's just another finding of note.
Brass is mixed lot, Federal, RP, PMC. I sort by stamps. CCI SP primers.
The reason this puzzles me so is that I find it hard to believe that a massive load of 2.8 grains of powder cannot be effectively burned in a 3.6" barrel. Anyone else notice this?
Oh, by the way, I get a lot of copper fouling with the plated bullets. I might try cast in the future. Maybe this just isn't the powder for non jacketed.
So here's the deal: unburned powder. A mess of it. I'll shoot about 150-250 rounds at the range. By the time I'm done I look like a kippered beef stick. There's so many black specks on me it's sick. They get all over my arm, my face, etc.
I've heard people say that it's because the loads are underpowered. I find that a bit skeptical. The published load data for Titegroup maxes, usually, at 2.8 to 3.0 depending on the source. I tried varying COL of 2.80 down to 2.70 with no change. The brass looks crispy. It's not easy to remove the burn marks. I don't care about the brass looking crappy, since it's brass. Not a religious shrine. The burn marks are apparently a hallmark of Titegroup. That's not my concern. But it's just another finding of note.
Brass is mixed lot, Federal, RP, PMC. I sort by stamps. CCI SP primers.
The reason this puzzles me so is that I find it hard to believe that a massive load of 2.8 grains of powder cannot be effectively burned in a 3.6" barrel. Anyone else notice this?
Oh, by the way, I get a lot of copper fouling with the plated bullets. I might try cast in the future. Maybe this just isn't the powder for non jacketed.