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I have an accuracy question (possibly a dumb one) to ask...
I've re-loaded perhaps 400 to 500 rounds of .38 Special ammo with a Lee loader. Yup. The one you peck at with a plastic hammer.
Much of my loading and load testing has been to insure consistancy. I'm using IMR-PB powder- 4.7 gr. with a 125 gr. semi-flat bullet, COL height 1.455. I've worked up to this powder charge (which the book says is a little hotter than the 4.1 to 4.4 gr. load) to get to a "feel" of being the same as a box target-load 130 gr. ball ammo.
I'm going to the range tomorrow, and I want to now try an accuracy comparison. Now, I'm new to shooting, but there is provision in the range lane box for a padded barrel steady rest. I'll be shooting the comparisons between factory Remington 130 gr, and my reloads, using my S&W 686-2 4" .357.
From my last visit, it seemed to me that at 10 yards, I wasn't grouping the re-loads as well as a couple cylinders-worth of factory. I didn't pay too much attention at the time, I was all about loading consistancy.
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Is there a difference? It seems to me that the bullets I loaded (.357" dia.) all go into the same forcing cone, and out the same barrel as the factory Federals. I just mic'd a few of these and the bullet dia. was .358"
Is there a difference?
I've re-loaded perhaps 400 to 500 rounds of .38 Special ammo with a Lee loader. Yup. The one you peck at with a plastic hammer.
Much of my loading and load testing has been to insure consistancy. I'm using IMR-PB powder- 4.7 gr. with a 125 gr. semi-flat bullet, COL height 1.455. I've worked up to this powder charge (which the book says is a little hotter than the 4.1 to 4.4 gr. load) to get to a "feel" of being the same as a box target-load 130 gr. ball ammo.
I'm going to the range tomorrow, and I want to now try an accuracy comparison. Now, I'm new to shooting, but there is provision in the range lane box for a padded barrel steady rest. I'll be shooting the comparisons between factory Remington 130 gr, and my reloads, using my S&W 686-2 4" .357.
From my last visit, it seemed to me that at 10 yards, I wasn't grouping the re-loads as well as a couple cylinders-worth of factory. I didn't pay too much attention at the time, I was all about loading consistancy.
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Is there a difference? It seems to me that the bullets I loaded (.357" dia.) all go into the same forcing cone, and out the same barrel as the factory Federals. I just mic'd a few of these and the bullet dia. was .358"
Is there a difference?