ruleyoutoo1911

It seemed pretty high to me as well, you are right that would end up being 208 PF! Think I may have to call Hodgdon and see what they say about it

Recently picked up 2 pounds of CFE Pistol from my LGS due to it being the only pistol powder available. Looking on Hodgdons Reloading data site and the start grains for 200 gr Cast LSWC are as follows: 200 GR. CAST LSWC Hodgdon PowderCFE Pistol Bullet Diameter.451" C.O.L.1.225" Starting Load Grains7.4 Velocity (ft/s)1,042 Pressure15,000 PSI Maximum Load Grains8.2 Velocity (ft/s)1,142 Pressure19,600 PSI The START load is 7.4 grains at 1042 FPS. Does this seem extremely high to anyone else? All i really need is 850 FPS to make 165 PF with an acceptable margin. Anyone tried CFE Pistol out and have any suggesstions on where to start?