dixiehacker

Dave Lauck sure is serious about keeping his sights in place!

It is a hot load, and no, I haven't chronoed it yet. I don't have one, yet. I just wanted to be sure these loads would definately be ok. If I chrono them, and they are way over, which they probably will be, I will back the load off a little. Also, I am shooting them out of a .357, so they will be way below what the gun can take. That is my point . If you haven't shot them over a chrono, then you can't be sure that they are OK. I would not advise you to shoot any more of this load regardless of the type or brand of primer until you can chrono them. ISPCBob and 10MMDave, your points are taken. I am not planning on playing with those loads any more. I think I will buy myself a chrono for Christmas, and perhaps buy factory UMC stuff for the first match I go to. Thanks

Can standard federal primers hold more pressure than the remingtons, or do you mean federal magnums?

It is a hot load, and no, I haven't chronoed it yet. I don't have one, yet. I just wanted to be sure these loads would definately be ok. If I chrono them, and they are way over, which they probably will be, I will back the load off a little. Also, I am shooting them out of a .357, so they will be way below what the gun can take.

They do, if you use Remington UMW or WWB. I just happen to have about 5000 pieces of 38 brass sitting around, and a couple of pounds of 800x powder left over from when I had time to do international trap. I guess I will just switch to magnum primers., and perhaps take my load down a half a grain. Thanks, everyone.

I was thinking about getting into ICORE, and I was working up a heavy .38 but not quite .357 load for my S&W 19 and Ruger GP100. I wanted to be sure to get the minimum power factor for my first match. I have a bunch of 800x powder sitting around, and decided to get rid of that. Since both guns were .357, I decided to load 38s with 158 grain LSWC's over 7.0 grains and remington # 1.5 primers. This was well below the 8.9 grains given for .357 in the IMR reloaders guide, but above the 5.9 given for 38s. The rounds worked great in the GP100, but in the S&W, on the second cylinder, I noticed a flash coming out of the rear. I immediately stopped shooting and opened the cylinder to find a primer that had a big black hole in it. Do you guys think there is a problem with the firing pin on my 19, or should I switch to magnum primers?