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125 grain plated .38 Special
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Download Alliant load data with this link to start with.
Here is a screen shot of the above manual.
Also that picture I posted is maximum charge. You need to back off by at least 10% to start.
Like I said dl the pdf manual and read it.
Unless it says DNR = do not reduce
Unique is just a little slower than Win 231 and basically the same as Hodgdon Universal. Hodgdon's website has data for both. Use your educated judgement to interpolate data.
That Green dot would be good for snubbys since it's so fast. What are you shooting it out of?
That Green dot would be good for snubbys since it's so fast. What are you shooting it out of?
BackFromDC
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I've only done Unique once with some gray beard teaching me how to load, we did 4.7grs but that was for a 140gr bullet. I do 4.3grs of Titegroup for copper plated 125grs, and I will say do not reduce anything listed on the Hodgdon Data listed online. I had to pound a squib out of an old Model 10.
Do Not Reduce
That is the minimum safe load.
125 grain plated .38 Special
Looking for a recipe for 125 grain plated bullet in .38 Special . I have green dot and unique... I have to save one or the other for 9mm. Any ideas, or sources are welcome.
I don’t but wouldn’t load heavy bullets with it.
I know that these days we need to load with what we have and what we can get. I liked the performance of Unique clear back when it was Hercules, but it was hard to get those big flakes to meter well for target pistol application. I never liked the performance Green dot in pistols, but it works great for 12 gauge field loads and 20 gauge loads.
I have loaded green dot in small handgun rounds for years, mostly 38s... Very light light recoil, and they're accurate enough to hit my 11x14 ringers at 100 yards. As long as they function the gun, I'll probably use them in the 9mm. I will be test firing those before I go berserk on the progressive press... I don't want to have to deconstruct 2500 cartridges...
That is good to know, When I still used Green Dot in the 20 Gauge, it was cheap and easy to get so many other pistol powders, so I did not try very hard find a good load. Especially because of lead shot restrictions over waterways, I now buy all my hunting shot shells, so I never bought anymore Green Dot
I agree with you, test them a bunch before you fire up the mass production machine.
