Re: GrumpyOne, My Caspian is identical to the 38 super you pictured.
OK, I read every reply. I tried to cover every detail on the Caspian, but I failed to tell all.
First, When the Caspian did eject the empty, it sent it forward, I mean straight forward.
When the gunsmith said the ejection port was to small, I realized he was right.
Then to the discussion about springs, I changed the sping to 11 #s and that was no help.
I even cut off several rounds during the time I spent running the test.
When I got it back from the smith, he had 7 or 8 spings included in a bag. He obviously tried many.
Before I came to this forum, I came across a section of the 38/357 portion that spoke to reloads for the 38 super.
I am not a seasoned reloader, only novice.
I have reloaded several thousand 38's and about 500 38 supers.
I have about 5 pounds of Hogdon Titegroup as powder is hard to come by in our area.
Then Mike 4045 commented about 160PF and I'm in need of someone explaining that as I am lost.
I have a Lee precision scale ordered and planned to work up a load that would meet or slightly exceed 38 super +P loads.
I use a Lee progressive reloader and have studyied the disk capacities in CC and then converted to grains.
Hogdon gives the minimum load as 4.2 grains and the max as 6.1.
Are you guys saying that the max is still too light?
I'm going to add one note to this as I'm wondering...I have two Kimbers in 38 super, one in 4" and the other in 5".
They seem to perform well with the standard round and with +P and my reloads with 4.2 grains.
I'll know more come the end of the week after range time.
I want to add one note. I favor 38/357/38 supers. I even shoot 38 supers in my lever 38/357's. Rossi & Henry's S&W 60-14's and the S&W 686.
As long as the ejector grabs the ring, I shoot them.