Recent content by pell

doc540 Thank you for realizing that my points are well-intentioned, not at all meant to be confrontational. I'm a relatively new handloader. As such, I've been reading everything that I can get my hands on ... printed and forums. A lot of it is noise, but there are seemingly fundamental points...

doc540 I'll say a couple of things and then go away. Perceived recoil is not a reliable indicator of chamber pressure. In a given caliber, safe charge ranges for lead bullets are different from safe charge ranges for jacketed bullets of the same weight. Safe charge ranges for different styles...

"Older sources list a charge range of 6.0gr to 6.7gr W231 under a 158gr SWC." Does the poster specify that that's a lead SWC? I assume that you're aware that SAAMI, in '92 or '93, reduced their max allowable .357 pressure from (as I recall) 46000 CUP (43500 PSI) to 35,000 PSI @ Smith &...

Please pardon what must be a really dumb question (probably too much Christmas cheer), but you describe a 158 gr lead SWC in 357 Magnum over 6 gr Win231 as a 38 Sp +P loading in a 357 case. The Hodgdon website 357 Magnum data shows 158 gr cast LSWC Win231 @ 3.4 gr start (796 fps/12,600 CUP) and...

thanks to the original poster ... I've been wrestling with this all day. I had considered the possibility of the frame lock-up not extending far enough and tested that theory by depressing the frame lock-up while working the trigger while the trigger group was off of the gun. Oddly enough...