Wow! 84% of MAX?
I'm not doubting you, but that puts it close to 358 WIN velocities. If I'm not mistaken, it'll also mean less recoil than my 30-06!
The beagle was extremely flatulent last night, and ended up waking me up at 0400, so I gulped down coffee and headed down to the secret underground loading facility to size. I call her The Dog of My Dreams, because she'll let loose so bad I have dreams of suffocating. While I was sipping coffee, I ordered a Lee Hardness Tester off EBAY.
I was right about one thing: the defect in the bases was small enough that I could not tell anything was wrong after applying the gas checks. Visual inspection could not detect it. I needed to measure with the caliper.
When I first got the idea for all this, somebody suggested I try the 200 grainers in 38 special case for the Marlin Lever. 357 Mag would be too long, but 38 SPC would work. Any of you have any luck with that sort of load?
