I saw a few light loads of TB powder on the net but it was out of a 6" S&W 686 revolver.
I wanted to see if these light loads would help reduce the recoil
of my lead bullet target loads out of my J frame, snub nose, that is a lot
lighter than the huge 686 6" revolver, that can soak up recoil, with its weight.
I loaded two 158 gr Lswc loads for the heck of it but I was really
interrested in the lighter 148 gr lead target bullets, that I prefer for practice.
The 158 loads were ok and light in recoil but they could not hold a candle to the 148's tested.
I wanted to take my ear protection off to see how much noise the 2.0 gr load made
but there were too many shooters and it did not happen, today.
I was happy with the low recoil of the ligher Trail Boss powder loads with the little 148 gr lead bullets
but the slow fps of the loads, messed up the paper targets, big time,
to where I could not get a good idea of bullet impact and the real accuracy of these loads.
My next target outdoors will have a cardboard backing and I will be able to take my muffs off, to hear the Gnat Phart load with just 2.0 grs of TB powder, from my revolvers.
A fun day at the range, since I also got to test a 115, (2) 124 & (3) 147 load in my C9 3.5" Pistol
for ejection with six minimum loads for accuracy, that work in my 5" with a 13lb spring,
to make sure they worked, befor loading a lot of them.
Now I know what works and what is ok in the POA and accuracy department, for later loading.
Here is a picture of the light Trail Boss loads for a 38 special, in case you might want to test them.
Just work up or down with caution, in "Your" revolvers.
I wanted to see if these light loads would help reduce the recoil
of my lead bullet target loads out of my J frame, snub nose, that is a lot
lighter than the huge 686 6" revolver, that can soak up recoil, with its weight.
I loaded two 158 gr Lswc loads for the heck of it but I was really
interrested in the lighter 148 gr lead target bullets, that I prefer for practice.
The 158 loads were ok and light in recoil but they could not hold a candle to the 148's tested.
I wanted to take my ear protection off to see how much noise the 2.0 gr load made
but there were too many shooters and it did not happen, today.
I was happy with the low recoil of the ligher Trail Boss powder loads with the little 148 gr lead bullets
but the slow fps of the loads, messed up the paper targets, big time,
to where I could not get a good idea of bullet impact and the real accuracy of these loads.
My next target outdoors will have a cardboard backing and I will be able to take my muffs off, to hear the Gnat Phart load with just 2.0 grs of TB powder, from my revolvers.
A fun day at the range, since I also got to test a 115, (2) 124 & (3) 147 load in my C9 3.5" Pistol
for ejection with six minimum loads for accuracy, that work in my 5" with a 13lb spring,
to make sure they worked, befor loading a lot of them.
Now I know what works and what is ok in the POA and accuracy department, for later loading.
Here is a picture of the light Trail Boss loads for a 38 special, in case you might want to test them.
Just work up or down with caution, in "Your" revolvers.
