What did you do in the reloading room recently?

[pastera]

I just checked and the hodgedon website has load data for jacketed 158 using titegroup.......I find that interesting as 700x is a similar fast burning powders and it definitely gave me problems using published data in a henry rifle.

I know my lyman 50th has plenty of load data for 158 grain projos in 38 special but only in cast projos! 158 grain jsp for 38 soecial......crickets lol.

700-x is much faster than CFE per burn rate charts.

I'll try to remember to run the powders through GRT and post the pressure curves (and to put in the bullet jump for a 357 chamber with 38)

The jump with 38 in a 357 chamber can do some strange things to powder burn - I had some thin walled 38 cases that with fast powder and plated bullets would come out of a model 19 snubbie like you tossed them by hand or squib.
357 case with the exact same load was perfectly fine.

Sometimes reloading seems like PFM until you control for even what seem to be tiny differences.

After a few months break, I finished some 6.5 Creedmoor that I had cleaned, anneald and sized last year. Now I've started my first 38 special. I picked up a beautiful 686 plus 3-5-7 5" (already installed a Power Custom Trigger kit) I bought dies and some other goodies.

I'm going to start with 6.5 grains of CFE pistol under 124 FMJ.

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You need a separate seater die - not really NEED, but since yoy have the stations it helps with consistency.

 

[whacko]

700-x is much faster than CFE per burn rate charts.

I'll try to remember to run the powders through GRT and post the pressure curves (and to put in the bullet jump for a 357 chamber with 38)

The jump with 38 in a 357 chamber can do some strange things to powder burn - I had some thin walled 38 cases that with fast powder and plated bullets would come out of a model 19 snubbie like you tossed them by hand or squib.
357 case with the exact same load was perfectly fine.

Sometimes reloading seems like PFM until you control for even what seem to be tiny differences.

You need a separate seater die - not really NEED, but since yoy have the stations it helps with consistency.

I'd consider cfe a medium burn rate sure.

My point is more than just because a recipe is "published" as a pistol carteridge......oh boy.....doesn't mean it'll be ok in a rifle.......might not even be safe to shoot on a rifle.