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Old 05-29-2011, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Erich View Post
I will run Tennessee Valley Bullet 148-gr hardcast DEWCs over 5.1grains of Unique in a .38 Special. According to the data that I have, it's standard pressure, and I get velocities well over 900 fps from a 1 7/8" tube. Not easy to load into the chambers from a speedloader, but they sure do cook in the primary load.
That's a good load and I see no reason not to use them.
To avoid the loading problems I suggest hitting the target the first time around!!
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