Handloader's Digest 6th Edition
(orange cover, green spine with white letters) ("copyright MCMLXXII", which is 1972- if my Roman number training is still functioning)
"The 375-284: A MAGNUM FOR LEVER ACTIONS" by Peter J. Spiliotis (pp 111-115)
Gun used: Savage 99C
Speer 235 grain Spitzer Load: N203 51-57 grains("max") MV: 2750-3390 fps
Speer 270 grain RN: Load: N201 48-54 grains ("max") MV: 2100-2350 fps
barrel length used: 19" (author est. 20-30 fps for each additional inch of barrel length, but testing. Just his estimate)
Max OAL (loaded) 2.80" due to need to fit in Savage model 99C detachable magazine
No information on barrel contour, or rifling twist provided. Bob Snappe of Clare, Michigan did "the conversion work" (which I presume to mean "gunsmithing").
Author's general conclusion was that he felt N201 was the "best" powder for the bullets tested. His reloading powder rate speed from the time of the article was writting shows that Norma 201 was equivalent to IMR 3031. Norma203 was equivalent to IMR 4064/4895.
Author liked the results. A "thumper".
