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P Flados · January 17, 2024, 11:58 PM

My wife is very recoil sensitive and her little Ruger 3” 38 Sp LCRx is very light. As such, recoil even with normal mild 120 gr target ammo was too much for her.

After scrounging around my stuff I came up with a 102 gr Lee RN mold (108 gr as cast). I made up a bunch and "worked down" with both Titegroup and Promo. For Titegroup, 2.5 gr was "low enough" to not bother her. Chrono out of the gun was pretty close to 600 fps (more when "tipped back", less when "tipped forward" just prior to firing).

I found that I enjoy shooting this gun with either these or the 120 gr target load. The gun is now the only revolver in my regular rotation and gets 30 rounds or so each trip to the range.

I feel that I tolerate recoil better than average, but a full power 158 crosses into "no fun" territory for the LCRx.

January 17, 2024, 11:58 PM	#15
P Flados Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2017 Location: Wilmington NC Posts: 243	My wife is very recoil sensitive and her little Ruger 3” 38 Sp LCRx is very light. As such, recoil even with normal mild 120 gr target ammo was too much for her. After scrounging around my stuff I came up with a 102 gr Lee RN mold (108 gr as cast). I made up a bunch and "worked down" with both Titegroup and Promo. For Titegroup, 2.5 gr was "low enough" to not bother her. Chrono out of the gun was pretty close to 600 fps (more when "tipped back", less when "tipped forward" just prior to firing). I found that I enjoy shooting this gun with either these or the 120 gr target load. The gun is now the only revolver in my regular rotation and gets 30 rounds or so each trip to the range. I feel that I tolerate recoil better than average, but a full power 158 crosses into "no fun" territory for the LCRx.