copper plated load data

[rugersol]

I didn't know Ruger made a Buntline?!

... nice shootin'

[gyrfalcon]

Those shots were taken offhand at 74 feet, just last Sunday at the BPR. My current recipe uses the aforementioned 240 gr. XTP projectile atop 23.6 gr. of W296 at an OAL of 1.605", lit off with a WLP primer. Average velocity measured at about 10 feet from the muzzle is approximately 1490 fps.

Do you participate in Bullseye competition?

[dleong]

Hmm... interesting.

I was comparing versions 3.2.2 and 3.5 of Accurate's load guide, and noticed that they've revised almost all of their 44 Mag. loads considerably downward:



(Version 3.5 on the left, 3.2.2 on the right.)

Lawyers at work?

[dleong]

Do you participate in Bullseye competition?

Not presently.

[sgruenhagen44]

many different sources list different min and max loads. there are cases where one manuals max is pretty close to anothers min

reloading isn't an exact science (cue a Sam rant when he's back from paradise ) it's incredibly important to read manuals from a variety of sources and gather load data from several REPUTABLE and TRUSTED sources when working up a load.

you're doing fine so far man, keep pluggin into the rabbit hole and gather more info. i know when i started out, i was pretty frustrated over the whole plated bullet concept too.

my advice to people starting out is to just bite the bullet (pun! ) and start with high quality components - new, fresh brass, jacketed bullets with their own load data (i.e. hornady xtp's - lots of load data from Hornady for that specific bullet type), and a mainline powder (unique seems to work for most EVERYTHING and there is a lot of lodings for it most standard calibers....)

get some groundwork of success and understnading with a couple loads and then a lot of the nuances become easier to wrap your head around. i still remember when i put the first 3 rounds of my first ever handloads through a 9mm. i still had all my fingers both eyes and my pistol and i felt liek going home and making up 10,000 rounds on my single stage

It's alright Sam told me he will ignore all my posts for using unsafe load data (which was out of the lee reloading manual) I did actually throw out all of my old brass last weekend and plan on picking up some starline after I buy another gun here. I had quite the mixture of brass going. Figure you're right and fresh components will help. Thanks