Thread: 38 Special pressure signs
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Old 06-15-2015, 03:24 PM
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This reminds me of something that happened to me when I first started shooting. I bought some 38 special reloads (yeah...never again), that were 158 LRN over what I believe to be tightgroup. The first shot seemed hot.../

/...The first brass that was shot managed to be persuaded out with a stick. The second shot needed a punch and a hammer. It was that stuck.../

/...So from what I'm reading here is that in order to see pressure signs like I noticed, those shots were over standard 357 magnum pressures! This was shot in an airweight 38 special.
That's the criteria I use in .357 Magnum loads, although to a MUCH lesser degree. I'll work up a load until the cases just start start to "stick" and then back the load off to the point where they drop out freely.
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