|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 7,457 Likes: 5
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 7,457 Likes: 5 |
I'm almost out of Viht Tin Star and need to find a suitable replacement. My son's favorite load in his 357 Maximum single shot rifle is 9.5gr Tin Star and a 200gr LHP bullet for 1160fps. I started with and obtained excellent accuracy using Trail Boss but I ran out of case capacity at 920fps and the bullets wouldn't expand in wet newspaper. At 1160fps the 30:1 alloy expands the HP nicely and he and I both have killed deer with that load.
Using QL, I find that 14gr of A1680 may get close to 1160fps with a 70% case fill. I plan to start my testing at 17gr and work down to 13gr. I will load them with CCI 450 primers. Anyone foresee any problems with using A1680 in this endeavor?
Thanks, Dinny
Medics bury their mistakes..
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 11,919
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 11,919 |
Have played some with 1680 and it should work.
This was in a 25-45 and a 556.
|
|
|
|
584 members (257 roberts, 160user, 21, 007FJ, 2500HD, 1234, 70 invisible),
2,563
guests, and
1,328
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,092
Posts18,482,970
Members73,959
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
|