I ordered a box of Missouri Bullet Co.'s coated "Slammers." They list it as a 325 gr bullet with an actual weight of 315 grains. Mine arrived today, and I weighed half a dozen just to see. They varied between 311 and 315 grains. The sizing was very consistent. I knew you don't get to pick the color of the coating, but I was a little bit surprised to find that mine were bright red--very bright! Oh well, no big deal. I had picked up some HS-6 in anticipation of getting the bullets and also had some brass ready to go. I got my load data from John Linebaugh's page (https://www.johnlinebaughcustomsixguns.com/writings ). He listed a starting load of 12.5 grains of HS-6 with a 310 gr cast bullet. So I loaded up 6 rounds to try.
One of my daughters dubbed them the "Lipstick Bullets." I have no idea why...
I did like how they fill up the chambers.
I ran over to the range just to see how they shot. For a starting load, the recoil was plenty stiff. Plus most of the fired cases (4 of them) stuck in the cylinder. Since these are just going to be plinking rounds, there's no need to flirt with high pressure. I'll drop down to 11.9 gr on the next 6 and see what difference that makes. Here's my 50 ft target:
One of my daughters dubbed them the "Lipstick Bullets." I have no idea why...
I did like how they fill up the chambers.
I ran over to the range just to see how they shot. For a starting load, the recoil was plenty stiff. Plus most of the fired cases (4 of them) stuck in the cylinder. Since these are just going to be plinking rounds, there's no need to flirt with high pressure. I'll drop down to 11.9 gr on the next 6 and see what difference that makes. Here's my 50 ft target: