PPC Loadings?

[Forrest r]

Matt's has the cramer #19 also which is a fantastic type III wc. I had that mold and a ideal 358432 (heavy) years ago (1980's). The cramer easily outshot the 358432. By easily it was hard not to find a load wasn't accurate with that cramer #19. The ideal 358432 you had to work at it to get an accurate load.

I foolishly sold both type III wc molds (both were 2-cavity molds) off and bought a 6-cavity h&g #50 wc mold for volume shooting. Thankfully I kept a special order nose pour cramer type III wc mold that casts a 200gr .431" wc bullet for the 44spl/mag.

 

[rockquarry]

Matt's has the cramer #19 also which is a fantastic type III wc. I had that mold and a ideal 358432 (heavy) years ago (1980's). The cramer easily outshot the 358432. By easily it was hard not to find a load wasn't accurate with that cramer #19. The ideal 358432 you had to work at it to get an accurate load.

I foolishly sold both type III wc molds (both were 2-cavity molds) off and bought a 6-cavity h&g #50 wc mold for volume shooting. Thankfully I kept a special order nose pour cramer type III wc mold that casts a 200gr .431" wc bullet for the 44spl/mag.

What's your opinion of the H&G #50? I've had a 4-cavity #50 (flat base design) for at least forty years but have never used it much. While such bullets have been quite accurate in a Model 52-2, I haven't shot them much in revolvers.

 

[Nevada Ed]

I am as not as skilled as the rest of you shooters, but I have found out one thing that helps out my scores and groups, a LOT.

That lilltle secret is going from a 1 7/8 " barrel to a long 6" barrel !!

Tight groups.

 

[AJ]

Shot today....148 grain DEWC with 2.8 grains of Bullseye in the PPC revolver, 148 grain HBWC with 2.8 grains of Bullseye in my 52-1 and 147 grains RN cast with 2.8 grains of Bullseye in 9 MM in my M39. All shot well when I did my part. As I get older I find that there are good days to shoot and not so good days to shoot. Also the longer I shoot the more wobbly I get. However, there never is a bad day at the range, just some better than others. I am thinking that 2.8 grains is all I will really need for .38 Special and 9 MM paper punching.

 

[Forrest r]

What's your opinion of the H&G #50? I've had a 4-cavity #50 (flat base design) for at least forty years but have never used it much. While such bullets have been quite accurate in a Model 52-2, I haven't shot them much in revolvers.

The h&g #50 is a fantastic bullet. While they can be used in the semi-auto's they're really designed for revolver use. Couldn't even begin to count how many 1000's of them I put down range in revolvers.

I'm just glad the op found the bullet he's using does what he wants with the specific load he targeted.