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Originally Posted by TheTinMan
Then I came across THIS DATA which appears to be directly from Rainier and shows a COAL of 1.430" for this bullet in .38 Special. Tried that with the most accurate load from before of 4.4 grains of W-231. And yes, I know that shorter COAL may increase pressure. There were no pressure signs at all, and based on the velocities I got before I wasn't even close to the maximum. |
The problem with checking for "signs" of pressure in the .38 Special, you will be way over SAAMI limits for the .38 Special before you ever see pressure signs. You can load a .38 Special round to 3X the max .38 Special pressure which are .357 Magnum pressures and see no pressure signs. You would have to exceed .357 Magnum pressures by at least 50% before you would see any signs in a .38 Special.
Not a knock on what you said, just a heads-up...