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Casey · March 17, 2001, 07:07 PM

Hello all.

I am getting ready to shoot a recreational indoor bullseye league, shooting at 50 feet. I am using a Kimber Gold Match, with a 12 lb spring and Tasco Red Dot.

The loads that I am trying to get to work are very light, 3.3 gr of Clays with 200 gr D&J LSWC. I have been successful with 3.5 gr of Clays, but decided to try step it down to 3.3 gr and keep the OAL at 1.265" as the Kimber (and just about every other .45 I own) shoots this length well.

The Kimber handles the 3.5 gr of Clays with no problem. It is very smooth, having had many thousands of rounds through it since it was new.

I was just thinking that I have heard that very small amounts of fast powder in a cartridge can be dangerous. Would this round qualify as having a potential to explode instead of rapidly burning? Or am I just imagining problems where none exists?

Thanks

March 17, 2001, 07:07 PM	#1
Casey Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2000 Location: Delaware, OH, USA Posts: 279	Hello all. I am getting ready to shoot a recreational indoor bullseye league, shooting at 50 feet. I am using a Kimber Gold Match, with a 12 lb spring and Tasco Red Dot. The loads that I am trying to get to work are very light, 3.3 gr of Clays with 200 gr D&J LSWC. I have been successful with 3.5 gr of Clays, but decided to try step it down to 3.3 gr and keep the OAL at 1.265" as the Kimber (and just about every other .45 I own) shoots this length well. The Kimber handles the 3.5 gr of Clays with no problem. It is very smooth, having had many thousands of rounds through it since it was new. I was just thinking that I have heard that very small amounts of fast powder in a cartridge can be dangerous. Would this round qualify as having a potential to explode instead of rapidly burning? Or am I just imagining problems where none exists? Thanks __________________ "Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have." Richard Salant, former President of CBS News "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln