Need receipe for my 357 mag with H110

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Could you give me all details:

Bullets
Primer
C.O.L.
charge of powder

Is it truth we suppose to start with the max load - 3% with this powder. Can i start at minimum load and increase my charge progressively?
 
My loads are as follows;

158gr bullets with 15.5gr
135gr bullets with 19gr
125gr bullets with 21gr
110gr bullets with 22gr


Most of those are the minimum loads on hodgdon's website, I found that the max loads had no more recoil or accuracy. No point in using more powder and higher pressures.

Use the minium charge listed as they (hodgdon) have taken into account how their powders react.
 
My loads are as follows;

158gr bullets with 15.5gr
135gr bullets with 19gr
125gr bullets with 21gr
110gr bullets with 22gr


Most of those are the minimum loads on hodgdon's website, I found that the max loads had no more recoil or accuracy. No point in using more powder and higher pressures.

Use the minium charge listed as they (hodgdon) have taken into account how their powders react.

I second that. The same loads work very well in my GP100.

SL
 
Whatever you do don't load that powder under minimum charge stated by reloading manual and allways, allways use magnum primer b/c that powder might give you hangfire with standard primers.
 
H110 and W296 should not be loaded less than 3% under maximum. I use a max. load of 16.5 grains of either, lit by a winchester SP Magnum primer and a 158 gr jacketed bullet in my Rossi lever.
 
H110 and W296 should not be loaded less than 3% under maximum. I use a max. load of 16.5 grains of either, lit by a winchester SP Magnum primer and a 158 gr jacketed bullet in my Rossi lever.

:agree:

16.5gr seems to come close to the velocities listed in the books for 16gr
 
Could you give me all details:

Bullets
Primer
C.O.L.
charge of powder


I'm not trying to be an ass, but this info is all given in a standard Nosler/Sierra/Hornady/etc reloading manual. Are you saying that you are a reloader without one of these?
 
Ok. You guys are freaking me out here. I'm reloading 158gr Hornady XTP bullets with H110. However, I'm using the published starting load from my Lee manual which matches up with the starting load on the Hodgdon website.

Am I doing something dangerous?

I've never heard of this 3% less than max for H110 rule.
 
Your fine, stick with published loads regardless of where you get it from as long as it was a legitimate reloading manual.


It says on the bottle I believe to not go below published loads.
 
yes, Lee lists only max for W296 but max/min for H110.
But there's talk on the internets that H110 is the same as W296 after Hodgdon acquired Winchester powders.
Some even say they got the word from Hodgdon people.
Perhaps the manuals list the old H110 powder.
I never got a good explanation of why W296 can't be loaded light.
I've done it and still have all my fingers. Not doing it anymore though.
I switched to next best powder for full-power 357mag loads: Alliant 2400
 
My loads are as follows;

158gr bullets with 15.5gr
135gr bullets with 19gr
125gr bullets with 21gr
110gr bullets with 22gr


Most of those are the minimum loads on hodgdon's website, I found that the max loads had no more recoil or accuracy. No point in using more powder and higher pressures.

Use the minium charge listed as they (hodgdon) have taken into account how their powders react.


What do you think of the lighter 110 bullets ? Precision, kick etc. ? Thanks!
 
What do you think of the lighter 110 bullets ? Precision, kick etc. ? Thanks!

i don't shoot them to often, but i like them for the massive boom they tend to have, it's all bark and no recoil, or not as much as the heavier bullets. as for accuracy, they were all better then i could shoot.
 
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