Travis,
Speer's #14 manual lists 8.0gr Pwr Pistol w/250gr Keith (the RCBS version) as a standard pressure load developing 954fps from a 5 1/2" Cimaron SAA.
Brian Pearce's .44 spcl article classified the 8.0gr Pwr Pistol load at 15,500 psi or less and in "Category One" (he had load tables for Three categories -- 15,500, 22,000 and 25,000 psi. The 250gr 429421 (Lyman Keith) and the 255gr 429244 (Thomson GC) chroned 980fps & 983 fps respectively from a 4 1/4" FA 97 (couldn't find test temp). The article in Handloader Mag, Aug 2005, No. 236 -- it's floating around the net somewhere.
I chronoed the 8.0gr/250 Keith (Lyman version from Western Bullet) load at 963 fps from my 5 1/2" FA97 (5 paces from muzzle and 55 deg F).
On the same day, with the same load/gun, Berry's plated 240gr went 905fps.
Paul
