seeking_coyotes
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Can I use the Win 296 powder that I am using for my .44 magnum and .357 loads to load up some .38 Special loads?
Can I use the Win 296 powder that I am using for my .44 magnum and .357 loads to load up some .38 Special loads?
I use HS-6 in the .38 Special too but only when pushing +P pressures. HS-6 performs extremely well at the top or the pressure range. (with a magnum primer)I will vote NO on that experiment.
HS-6 is as slow as I have gone with 38spl with good results.
That last one still dumps most (now 55%) of the powder out of the muzzle even in a longer 6" barrel. Think of it this way: more than half the powder is merely acting as cream of wheat (except for the big muzzle flash that impresses friends and foes alike).... in Sierra 4th 1995:
38 Special, 158 gr JHP 296, k-38, 6" barrel
10.6 gr 850 fps
11.1 gr 900 fps
11.6 gr 950 fps
12.1 gr 1000 fps
zxcvbob Has anybody said "No" yet?
Clark,It is interesting.
I saw the Hodgdon 357 mag load 18 gr LIL'GUN 158 gr JHP.
I reamed out some 38 sp revolvers to 357 mag and went around shooting 26 gr LIL'GUN 158 and being impressed with the huge recoil and noise.
Apparently you forgot who you were talking about, that's his SOP.Clark,
Whay do you keep doing things like that? You know how overpressure a charge of 26gr of Lil'Gun is in a .38 Special case let alone a .357 Magnum case. Someone is going to try what you write some day no matter what you warn against and get hurt!