tomv Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I recently started using Bayou 160 gr .358 dia for my S&W 627. A friend recommended these which is what caused me to switch from BBI bullets. Performance / accuracy seems to be fine but I notice that they are smokey. Never saw this with BBI bullets. Anyone else with similar experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x45 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Never saw it with Bayous on 9mms that I have run for years. What powder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 2.5 gr Clays with 160 gr Bayou RN for 38 short colt and 3.7 gr WSF with 147 gr Bayou RN 9mm. Both are somewhat smokey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Several 1000 (over 20K) of Bayou w/o problems I run TiteGroup out of my 929 at 130 PF and they don't seem to smoke, which surprised even me ( i.e. bad rep of TG and HyTek bullets etc) Check your crimp maybe you're opening up the coating 2nd thought is what dia. .355 or .358 I run .358 in my autos and Revo's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 .358 for revo, .356 for auto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmo Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Just ran a cylinder full of Bayou 160 grain .358 RN through my 929 yesterday using 2.6 grains of Clays....1.162 oal. Didn't notice any smoke and was happy with how clean the fired cases were. Plan to do more testing with this load for Powder Factor an accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3324temp Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Bayous I shoot with TG smoke. Minor and does not bother me, but they do. They also have an extremely strong oder. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmo Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 21 hours ago, L3324temp said: Bayous I shoot with TG smoke. Minor and does not bother me, but they do. They also have an extremely strong oder. +1 That's one of the reasons I stop using it....it's very accurate but I didn't like the smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I run .358 Bayou 160's in my 929 with 3.1 of N320, no smoke and very accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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