MikeyScuba Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I’ve only got a few hundred made and can’t make anymore until I chrono and figure if it’s the 10, 10.25 or 10.5gr of 3N38 I need to make major. That won’t be for another month until the ranges reopen up here. Every single one passed the gauge. It’s a dream to load. 9mm took me forever to figure out and I still have the odd few match rounds that won’t pass. 40 ha! I never got better than 90-92% passing the gauge. Infuriating! Is it the jacketed open rounds I’m loading? Been using coated for years now for 9 and 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 What weight bullet are you running? I run a 115 coated and 9.6 gets me well over major. I have found some coated work well and other smoke heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Mike It's the jacketed bullets that make it a dream to load. Coated is cheaper but jacketed is easier!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, jcc7x7 said: Mike It's the jacketed bullets that make it a dream to load. Coated is cheaper but jacketed is easier!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Speaking of, what’s everyone setting their “crimp” at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoeShooting Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 i ran 9.8 3n38 for a little while when i shot 38s....switch to AA7 or shooters world, the dot has less movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Crimp - .001 to .002 Close the bell from powder die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Crimp at case wall thickness x 2 + .355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyScuba Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 19 hours ago, jcc7x7 said: Mike It's the jacketed bullets that make it a dream to load. Coated is cheaper but jacketed is easier!!! Thanks Neil. My gun has 4 popple holes and 2 ports. The builder gave me a load for 124’s but I bought a load of Zero 121 .355 hollow points on a Black Friday sale. So I added 1/4 grain to the 124 recipe only to get to 155pf. I thought my chrono was off but my wife’s CZ was getting me 128-130 so that wasn’t it. Oddly enough my wife found a 38SC round on the ground. It was brand new brass like mine but the primer was a different colour and it looked like a 124. It also got me 155. as for AA7 VV is way easier to find and find locally so no hazmat! I went online to look for AA7 a while back and didn’t find anything readily available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 7 hours ago, GrumpyOne said: Crimp at case wall thickness x 2 + .355 Gotcha. So it seems right about .380 or slightly under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I've got a infinity imm 38sc, I load 121grn mg ifp bullets at 1.225 pal with 10grns of 3n38, makes 171pf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysrracer Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Is .38SC Short Colt or Super Comp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 9 hours ago, ysrracer said: Is .38SC Short Colt or Super Comp? Super comp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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