carbonman556 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 I didn't think of that, I am shooting these out of a 357 so it prob dosnt matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modoc Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Anybody shooting a 125gr load? I'm looking for a j-frame plinker load. 4.0gr of Unique crimpded in the crimp groove of a hard-cast Lead bullet (lazer cast 125gr fp or Lee 125gr rnfp) is our standard load for Cowboy Action. I have also used 3.2gr of Clays with the same bullets, softer and noticeably slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin SR Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Two questions, when you guys refer to Clays is it Hodgdon or Universal? I've gone to Accurate data page & found nothing on Solo 1000 for .38spl, where are you getting your data from? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwx40x40 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Two questions, when you guys refer to Clays is it Hodgdon or Universal? I've gone to Accurate data page & found nothing on Solo 1000 for .38spl, where are you getting your data from? thank you For me it is straight CLAYS, not Universal. I run 3.2 grains of Clays with 160gr RNL and 3.4 grains of S1000 for about the same results/velocity. Both are clean loads in the revo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modoc Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Same here, just plain old CLAYS. H/IMR/Win has a lst of Cowboy loads on their web page for mild cast loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOF Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 YES.. plain old Clays... not Universal Clays! Clays does great things with 158 grain lead bullets in a .38 revo (and 230 lead in .45 ACP). I shot a ICORE match a week or so ago... .38 Long Colt cases, 158 Speer swaged LRN, 3.3 grains Clays (all six chambers make 120 PF easily with that load) and it was so clean that I didn't brush chambers once during the 120+ round match. When shooting IDPA I use .38 Spl cases (Long Colt ain't legal there) and 3.6 Clays with the same bullet and same PF... still very clean. Universal only seems to work in .38 at MAX loads. Below max it doesn't burn cleanly and leaves a lot of crud in the gun... not to mention filthy cases and very erratic velocitites. I think Hodgdon created unneeded confusion with their different designations (Clays, Univeral and International) using the base name Clays. For target loads in .38 and .45 ACP with lead bullets, you want plain Clays and don't mess with the other two. Except, if you have some Universal on hand... it does work in 9mm (real small case volume gets it a clean burn, but you still need to be in the upper load level ranges). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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