PPC load

longshot is a slow burning powder. look it up it may offer you a nice soft load. i use 5gr in 9mm and its soft. i used 4.3gr once and it was really soft but it wouldn't cycle my gun reliably
 
a PPC load is usually 38 special.. and unless you are shooting distinguished. a 148 gr HBWC...

I use 3.1 of 231 under that as do many masters...
 
in a 38 case i use 3.1 of 231 under a 148 hbwc or also 2.7 of bullseye. I sometime load a 158 swc in 38 cases with 3.3 of 231 both nice soft accurate loads.
 
There is absolutely no advantage to using .357 brass, when your objective is to simply deliver a bullet to the target accurately and with enough power to penetrate the backing board.

There are several disadvantages. The longer brass can be more difficult to get into the cylinder from the speedloader. The greater case capacity tends to increase the spread between shots, as the burning of the powder seems to be more eratic.
 
The advantage in using .357 brass (in my opinion only) is that then I will always be able to use .357 brass. In the past after a number of cylinder rounds of 38 spc I find it gets hard to chamber .357 rounds due to lead and powder residue build up. This seems to get harder and harder to clean out.

If I thought I was ever going to be truly competitive at PPC I'd definitelty use 38 spc brass and probably buy a better revolver too.
 
I used to load the 38 special with 2.7gr of bullseye 158 swc or used 2.5gr of clays but that was me and I also used 200gr swc with 4.5gr of bullseye for .45 ACP if I remember correctly but that was 15 years ago.

Now as for .357 wouldn't the pressure be different using a longer case that 38 special?
 
OK I confess to being a bit eccentric. I prefer .357 brass to 38 Spc for the reasons above. I like to use CMJ bullets because it's easier to clean the revolver afterwards.

So the load I've been using is;
.357 Mag Brass
WSPM primers
5.0 gr Universal
158 gr Frontier FP CMJ

Yes a little bit snappy for PPC but really not bad. I would like to take this down slightly but not unless I can find some reference. After my first and last ever reloading 'incident' last year I fear light loads more than high pressure loads.

I'm using a completely unmodified GP100 too. My scores are not great but their not horrible either. Plus it's great fun!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom