Silvertip Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Thinking Of trying lighter loads that are not temperature snsitive. Using 96 or 105 grain bullets. i have some new to me Ultimate Pistol powder and lots of older stand by powders. Any suggestions? ST Quote
Todd Hayseed Posted January 20 Posted January 20 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Silvertip said: Thinking Of trying lighter loads that are not temperature snsitive. Using 96 or 105 grain bullets. i have some new to me Ultimate Pistol powder and lots of older stand by powders. Any suggestions? ST I load with 2.7 grains of SB-620 that I can get on Gunbroker for less than $20 a pound ST Auctions sells it in 14 Lb increments for about $200 including shipping. Buy it once and you can load 36,000 rounds. Edited January 20 by Todd Hayseed Quote
Hawkeye Kid Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Iam using 2.2gr of TrailBoss, magnum primers with either 100 gr or 105 gr bullets. Quote
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 (edited) Clay Dot is my favorites for light .38 spl cowboy loads in cold weather or hot. Bet is would be fine in .38 Short Colt too. GJ Edited January 21 by Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Quote
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Dunno what you're trying to accomplish. However, just load 3F APP to base of any bullet you choose. As far as actually reducing recoil, you're already there with the bullet weight you mention'd. 1 1 Quote
Scarlett Posted January 21 Posted January 21 37 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Dunno what you're trying to accomplish. However, just load 3F APP to base of any bullet you choose. As far as actually reducing recoil, you're already there with the bullet weight you mention'd. Always repping for Frontier Cartridge! You know that gets you a special place in my ♥️. Silvertip - I’ve loaded the occasional ahem smokeless load with 2.8-2.9 gr of Clean Shot. The Ultimate Pistol is a faster burning powder than the Clean Shot so I might start at 2.4? Ultimate Pistol is a great powder, too! It’d be good for your 45ACP loads, too! Looking forward to seeing you and Red Marie at EOT! Hope we get to shoot WB together again! Hugs!! Scarlett Quote
Silvertip Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 Thanks everybody. Hi Scarlett I got this powder from you and just now am getting around to using it, yes we hope to shoot with you also. I’ll try it in the 45ACP also. ST Quote
Silvertip Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 Hi Joe I used to use a lot of Clays and Clay Dot and ran out and it was my favorite for years also. I’ll have to get get more. ST Quote
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 One thing to consider with .38 Short Colt, and .38 Long Colt, is the bore size. Older guns have a bore diameter of .375" and used a heel based bullet. At some point, they switched to .357" and an inside the case bullet. If you've got an older gun with the bigger bore, and you don't want to mess with heeled bullets, you need to used hollow based ones to get them to expand enough to engage the rifling. I know. I have have guns with both bore sizes, and I use the smaller bullet with a hollow base with no problems. I use a 150 grain hollow base .358" bullet from Buffalo Arms. For years, it was the ONLY bullet I could find that fit the bill There are others on the market now of lesser weight if that is something you prefer. Also, if you've got a big bore pistol, it might be black powder only. And the smaller bore may or may not be safe for smokeless. Do the research on your gun to be sure. For smokeless, I've used 1.2 grains of Trail Boss in the Short Colt, and 2.0 grains in the Long Colt. Good luck. 1 Quote
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