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Magnum Wheel Man · March 14, 2013, 07:07 AM

I reload 1000's of rounds of both 32 & 38 S&W for my top breaks... Trailboss is my most used powder... I have 3 load levels for both 32 & 38 S&W...

these are my 38's... ( a couple bigger bores mixed in on the bottom ) all of these guns have been fired with Trailboss... & yes, the pressure curve "can" be higher, but the powder is safe with lower charge loadings, than most any other powder... so if I want a "hotter" loading, I use other powders, but if I want a lower power loading, like I have a revolver check out load that uses a fraction of a grain of Trailboss, & a soft lead round ball ( much less powder than I'd feel safe with any other powder )... this load is safe in any gun that times out ok...

March 14, 2013, 07:07 AM	#18
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	I reload 1000's of rounds of both 32 & 38 S&W for my top breaks... Trailboss is my most used powder... I have 3 load levels for both 32 & 38 S&W... these are my 38's... ( a couple bigger bores mixed in on the bottom ) all of these guns have been fired with Trailboss... & yes, the pressure curve "can" be higher, but the powder is safe with lower charge loadings, than most any other powder... so if I want a "hotter" loading, I use other powders, but if I want a lower power loading, like I have a revolver check out load that uses a fraction of a grain of Trailboss, & a soft lead round ball ( much less powder than I'd feel safe with any other powder )... this load is safe in any gun that times out ok... __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust... Last edited by Magnum Wheel Man; March 14, 2013 at 07:28 AM.