Recent content by OneHorseRanch

Great stuff! Thanks again for the info. I've taken down your notes on reloading manuals and website links. I do have a local friend that has been reloading for over 50 years. I'll also pick his brain. I'm excited about this but not enough to risk a firearm or myself in the process.

WOW! Thats a lot of info! Good stuff tho. Thank you. I'll keep searching reference books before I get started on the .357. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!:D

One more question: So I have the powder W231 gr for the .38. I dont have a powder charge gr for the .357 in W231. Does anyone have the min-max with that powder? I only have the one reference book..guess I should get another. The charge varies from 6.9 SR4756 min- 15.9 H110 max. Thats a huge...

Perfect! Thanks so much for the info. I'll start minimum and fire off a few rounds. Move up from there..slowly... More range time :-)

Ok, thanks! I did leave out a bit of info. W231 powder, lead semi wadcutter bullets 158 gr. I guess my question was: why so much less powder for the .38. I would have guessed that I would need more because of the extra cartridge length. I do have a RCBS loader with the Nosler book. What are your...

HI All! I'm new at reloading. Reloaded a bunch of .380s and 9mm. All seemed to cycle through my firearms nicely. Now I'd like to reload my .38 Specials. I see in the reloading chart that the powder load minimum is 3, and max is 4grs. The 9mm I can load at max 5grs, both with W231 powder. Just...