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Old March 13, 2011, 07:45 PM   #15
lostinperiphery
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UGH!!!

Just tried some loads with titegroup instead of unique, and again!! a squib on the 7th round!! this was 4.5 grains of titegroup (hodgdon's data for 125xtp's is 4.3-4.6 grains)

I'm totally stumped. Several people, including a few here in this thread, recommended titegroup for .38. I can't imagine what my problem might be? the cases are marked R-P, most of them are once fired (though I keep pulling the bullets to try a new loads)... I've not cleaned them, but I can't imagine anythings blocking some flash-holes, the deprimer pin would've cleared them? any chance I should try new primer's?

I was extremely careful with my charges and weighed EVERY charge before charging the case, to eliminate the chance my thrower is missing charges... I used a trickler to ensure they were all EXACT....


just to recap, all with 125 grain hornady XTP's, and CCI primers
5.2 grains Unique: 3 squibs in first five rounds... gave up and pulled bullets
5.6 grains Unique: 100 rounds of inconsistent feeling recoil... 1 squib
4.5 grains of Titegroup: 6 rounds felt good, 7th squibbed...

here are some pics of the cases loaded with titegroup; the fired cases, and a few unfired to show crimp.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?!?!



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