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Old March 31, 2012, 08:37 AM   #2
Rifleman1776
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Join Date: April 25, 2010
Location: Arkansas
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I have never used Trail Boss and don't know anything about it.
One load I did use, for what I called 'powder puff' target shooting was 5.5 gr. of powder. I used it considerably and learned a couple things in the process. This is a very tiny amount of powder, relatively speaking, in the large .44 mag. case. How you hold the revolver before shooting makes a huge difference in performance. e.g. 'primer up' and 'primer down'. Knowing this and being on the range, I was able be consistent on how I handled the gun to get consistent results. Another shooter might not know this. Also, with small charges it is possible to accidentially get too small a charge. This results in vastly, and scarily, increased pressures. I do mean "vastly". It will brown yer pants, for sure.
My procedure was to test for excess pressure before going for accuracy. I would load two rounds with each increased increment of powder. Shoot. Examine. Then load two more up to where exessive pressure was starting to be indicated. Then back down a bit and load up a batch and go have fun.
For accuracy testing, I say, 25 yards is just fine.
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