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SwampYankee · March 9, 2012, 08:35 AM

The only other thing I remember was that all the successful ignitions were very low in power, the noise was minimal and the recoil was very light. I started looking for squibs after the first round and this was something like the 4th shot.

The Berry bullets also don't have a cannelure. At the time I did not have a taper crimp for .38/.357 so I did the best I could with a roll crimp but it was just a tickle, I did not want to deform the bullets. So crimp may have also contributed. The next time out I did everything the same but bumped the charge to 4.1 and had no problems. But it was also warmer....

March 9, 2012, 08:35 AM	#17
SwampYankee Registration in progress Join Date: November 1, 2008 Location: I can be found on a number of other forums. Posts: 1,333	The only other thing I remember was that all the successful ignitions were very low in power, the noise was minimal and the recoil was very light. I started looking for squibs after the first round and this was something like the 4th shot. The Berry bullets also don't have a cannelure. At the time I did not have a taper crimp for .38/.357 so I did the best I could with a roll crimp but it was just a tickle, I did not want to deform the bullets. So crimp may have also contributed. The next time out I did everything the same but bumped the charge to 4.1 and had no problems. But it was also warmer....