Its amazing on that 95 grain bullet how much more powder it can take over the 100. Course I am reducing for hard cast as well.
question on recipes and powders; I just got the Lee reloading manual in the mail from a friend. My question is about the loads section in the book when I look at the different size bullets (ie: 115 gr jacketed) and I see a certain powder, say titegroup, and it gives me the load data. Then when I go to the next size bullet grain size and titegroup is not mentioned in the data, what do you do when these two things happen? If all I have is titegroup powder and the certain bullet size, how do I load this combination if it's not n the manual?
Dont load it!! Some times esp with say title group which burns fast and creates huge pressure fast if you load too large a bullet it can cause over pressure. This may not be an exact problem you encounter but can be one.
I wouldnt say can't but unless you learn what your doing and are confident I would not load it. There is another source from a guy his website is steves pages.com. read about the guy I have used his stuff and so has a buddy.Use at your own risk and cross check it bit some stuff is very similar to books some lower some higher. Also all manuals can be a tad different. Also look at the powder makers website they have load data available. For titegroup use hodgedon site. They make it.
Correct. Don't venture into uncharted territory, stick with what the guy's with pressure test barrels and the resources say to do/ not do. It's not worth it.
Only use what can be verified. Those manuals are made for a reason. I know of two hand loaders that blew their cylinder apart on their wheel guns because of hot loads. One guy lost his thumb, if memory serves. Gunpowder doesn't look like it can do much damage if you light it off in an ashtray, but enclosed in a shell in a cylinder or barrel and the pressures can become enormous. Safe and happy reloading, guys. It certainly can be a lot of fun.
Another manual might have it in their table. Check the Hodgdon website, they have load data for their powders. Only use official load data not someones home brew.
That has to be load data for the 9mm not 380. I see it says start with 3.8 of titegroup with 115 bullet. Thats blow your gun up territory in a 380.
Yes it is. I didn't see that he said for 380 or 9mm. He said 115gr so I assumed 9mm. Op my lymans does not have data for titegroup in 380 on anything heavier than 95gr.
Yea I guess he did not specify. But I assumed 380 since we were talking about it. And 100/102gn is about the heaviest you will see published data on. Hodgen lists 100gn I believe for 380. I an loading 100gn hard cast on top or 2.5 TG to a COL of .970
Thanks guys for getting back to me. I was just using those numbers as examples. THR guys gave me some awesome responses. It's all about the cartridge size when finished being reloaded. 115 gr bullet is too big to fit into the case with most powders, and the powders used can't be fast burning, like titegroup is. So, I have to get the powders and lower grained bullets to make this work. Also, the Lee manual I was told, may be out of date with recipe data...I don't know. They suggested Lymans
Lee under rates on some stuff that I know for sure!! I know there 44mag data with hard cast bullets and unique is at least 20% low.
This component shortage blows goats! I am trying to locate some h110 powder for a new 44mag hunting load in my marlin 1894 with some xtp projectiles. No stores have it, so I had to offer up a pound of my win 231 for trade on Armslist. Hope I get a taker.
A guy can never have too much load data on hand. Get a binder and print out the powder manufacturers load data and store it by caliber. Loaddata.com gets positive reviews also from what I have read. I haven't used it. It's $.
Gonna make a run to Bass Pro sometime tomorrow. I think a Lymans manual and a new set of ears are in order. I'll expect the reloading isles to be bare (as usual) Although I should look at my Lee manual tonight and write a list of powders just in case I run into luck
