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Originally Posted by phill
Near as we could workout there was an pressure increase that was more than what you should have gotten for the increase in powder. These loads were in the upper range and were already a little hot. There was load data around at that time for making major power factor with 147 gr. lead and Accurate powder, we used this and were working up to their load when this developed. OAL and cartridge specs. were checked in a Lyman Max Cartridge Guage.
As a side note always check the size of cast bullets as their sizer/luber dies will wear and not all of the casters will change them when needed. At one time a local caster was selling 158gr. .357 bullets that miked at .361, making for some intresting loads in my friends .357Max.
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Thanks for the follow up Phill, I appreciate you sharing the experience. Since we don't have to run our rounds at our local shoot for classification, I tend to start + .1 gr over the starting load, and then slowly work my way back. An example with my 45 auto loads, I try to get the fps to 800 or around with a 200gr LRN.
This 38 Super is going to be fun. I have always read how great the round performed, but now I finally own one. High pressured lil bastards though, heh... Definitely not a 45 auto.
If anyone has any more info or experiences with the 38 Super I am all ears and would love to hear what people have to say.
Thanks again for the responses.