Dain Bramage
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I can't get into the light load scene.
I wanted to, I really did. But, then my .357 Blackhawk, Dan Wesson, and Winchester 94AE decided they liked to group best with 158g hardcast at max 2400 loads.
I can't get into the light load scene.
My interest has not waned--I love the big boomers--but I suspect that day will come.Am I the only one who's interest in high velocity handgun rounds is waning with age?
I wanted to, I really did. But, then my .357 Blackhawk, Dan Wesson, and Winchester 94AE decided they liked to group best with 158g hardcast at max 2400 loads.
Scandium and titanium revolvers don't handle the recoil of +P well either! I'm telling you, that 340PD is BRUTAL. Nobody who has one will disagree, and I mean nobody of any age! I got it when it first came out and I was still in the army. I took a buddy that was a glutton for punishment. He couldn't fire a box of 25 through it. I did, but it really hurt, my hand went numb, then it hurt worse later. This was with various mags.Tiger-you're right about the small mags-just because they're safe with high pressure loads doesn't mean they are a good idea.
Scandium and titanium alloys don't handle the recoil of magnum rounds.Period.
I have a 27,a pre-28,a 28,and a Python.None are unpleasant with magnum rounds moderately loaded.
I don't like shooting subloads in Mags due to carbon rings forming.
Me, I've got no use for anything beyond .357 magnum and .45 Colt. We don't have brown bear in Texas or New Mexico, where I hunt and explore. I have my revolver bases pretty well covered.
These new smaller, lighter, revolvers would turn alot more people away from the magnum loads than the old classics would because of the heavy recoil that just isn't present in the old ones.