Pussycat Loads??
Moi? :wink:
Compared to tactical loads, I guess they are, but about average for Cowboy shooting.
Your assumption is correct on the rifles. My wife and I both shoot Marlin 1894s. Hers has had a .38 special carrier installed while mine shoots either .38 or .357. Hers works fine with either my loads or longer factory loads. Mine usually works OK. I will get a cockeyed cartridge that I have to just shake out and load another round on the clock. That kills my time. This will happen on at least 2 stages each day. I don't know if I am short stroking the lever or if it is just one of those things. I tried to convince my friends that I just go faster than the mechanism can keep up with. (No one bought that.)
I thought that if I could get 1/4 inch more in lenth, that might solve the problem. Again the main concern is bullets sliding back into the case when loading into a magazine.
I don't think there is any lubricant on the bullet at all. They are supposed to be moly coated to help eliminate leading. They are slippery as all get out. Seems to work OK, but I always run some jacketed ammo through anyway just to clean out the rifling. Whatever, leading is not a problem and might not have been anyway. The rifles actually stay pretty clean.
I am using 3.2 grs of Titegroup. If I crimp at the second deeper groove, will I have to use more powder? Except to maintain accuracy, velocity is not an issue. I know several people who use lighter loads of the same powder with no problem, but they crimp at the first groove. I certainly don't mind using more powder if needed, but how do you tell? The cost of more powser is not a major issue as this powder is very economical to begin with. The only reason I would not want to change is that this particular combination shoots very well in both rifle and pistol.
Moi? :wink:
Compared to tactical loads, I guess they are, but about average for Cowboy shooting.
Your assumption is correct on the rifles. My wife and I both shoot Marlin 1894s. Hers has had a .38 special carrier installed while mine shoots either .38 or .357. Hers works fine with either my loads or longer factory loads. Mine usually works OK. I will get a cockeyed cartridge that I have to just shake out and load another round on the clock. That kills my time. This will happen on at least 2 stages each day. I don't know if I am short stroking the lever or if it is just one of those things. I tried to convince my friends that I just go faster than the mechanism can keep up with. (No one bought that.)
I thought that if I could get 1/4 inch more in lenth, that might solve the problem. Again the main concern is bullets sliding back into the case when loading into a magazine.
I don't think there is any lubricant on the bullet at all. They are supposed to be moly coated to help eliminate leading. They are slippery as all get out. Seems to work OK, but I always run some jacketed ammo through anyway just to clean out the rifling. Whatever, leading is not a problem and might not have been anyway. The rifles actually stay pretty clean.
I am using 3.2 grs of Titegroup. If I crimp at the second deeper groove, will I have to use more powder? Except to maintain accuracy, velocity is not an issue. I know several people who use lighter loads of the same powder with no problem, but they crimp at the first groove. I certainly don't mind using more powder if needed, but how do you tell? The cost of more powser is not a major issue as this powder is very economical to begin with. The only reason I would not want to change is that this particular combination shoots very well in both rifle and pistol.
