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sigcurious · July 22, 2012, 05:53 PM

One thing that concerns me about attempting to recreate the load, particularly the recoil impulse, is that they seem to use a fast burning powder. However my only evidence for this currently is that when testing a few different commercial SD cartridges, the regular pressure HST 124gr had a much sharper feel than the 124gr gold dot +p, even though it has a lower velocity going by the factory specifications and what chronograph information I can find.

Either way, it will be sometime before I attempt to recreate this particular load. I figure I should cut my teeth on basic loads straight from the manuals before experimenting with loads within the min-max loads of the manuals.

July 22, 2012, 05:53 PM	#8
sigcurious Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2011 Posts: 1,755	One thing that concerns me about attempting to recreate the load, particularly the recoil impulse, is that they seem to use a fast burning powder. However my only evidence for this currently is that when testing a few different commercial SD cartridges, the regular pressure HST 124gr had a much sharper feel than the 124gr gold dot +p, even though it has a lower velocity going by the factory specifications and what chronograph information I can find. Either way, it will be sometime before I attempt to recreate this particular load. I figure I should cut my teeth on basic loads straight from the manuals before experimenting with loads within the min-max loads of the manuals.