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Sorry guys, but I was busy all day and haven’t been able to post my latest findings over the chronograph. Apparently, I had the muzzle too close to the chronograph when I first fired the loads. Had it about 3 feet away when I originally fired the two and got the velocities I posted in my first post. I think the muzzle blast made the chronograph mis-read. Not sure but I do know that I DID NOT under-load the rounds I originally shot.
Yesterday I ran the same loads through my Winchester Model 94 Trapper. I fired from my shooting table and had the chronograph 7 feet away from the rifle’s muzzle. The velocities were in the 1100 FPS range. Then I decided to shoot the same loads from my snubbie 38 Spl. with the pistol resting on my rifle front rest which ensured me NOT shooting a hole in my chronograph. This made the muzzle roughly 7-8 feet away from the chronograph’s front end.
The velocities were in the high 700 to mid 800 fps range.
MUCH better than the first rounds!!!!