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Strafer Gott · February 12, 2013, 05:47 PM

5gr. Unique makes a pretty good load in a DEWC, but it will blow the skirt off a hollowbase. A solid wadcutter needs to upset just a little, so that's pretty close to 5gr Unique. Speer 14 is probably the manual that shows that as a .357 magnum load. If I go over those levels, I wouldn't flush seat the DEWC.
It's probably a compressed load at 5 gr.

February 12, 2013, 05:47 PM	#16
Strafer Gott Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2011 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,315	5gr. Unique makes a pretty good load in a DEWC, but it will blow the skirt off a hollowbase. A solid wadcutter needs to upset just a little, so that's pretty close to 5gr Unique. Speer 14 is probably the manual that shows that as a .357 magnum load. If I go over those levels, I wouldn't flush seat the DEWC. It's probably a compressed load at 5 gr.