Of course they felt like .22's, did you see the pressures reported for those light loads. The 5.0gr load is barely more than a .38 Special +P load and nowhere near a magnum load. Hodgdon keeps their lead load data low because they don't want to cause leading in the barrel. You can use a lot more than a 5.0gr charge weight since they report only 23,000 CUP with that load.

I would think you can increase the load a bit since the current max pressure for that caliber is 35,000 PSI but the bullet will dictate how much velocity you can generate. I'm not telling you to go against published data, I'm only discussing why the load feels so light.

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