October 18, 2015, 05:51 AM | #26 |
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My 44 mag Super Blackhawk loves the stuff.I cast a Lee 200gr RNFP that my mold drops at 212grs as I cast them.Lyman lists 16.7 grs for a 215gr gascheck bullet and 16.2 for a 232gr plain base as max that I think they have discontinued.So I started at the bottom and worked up.I found that out of my 7.5in barrel that a load of 13.5 grs is the most accurate load I have ever shot in it.Hogdon and Hornady both list 6.3 grs as a max for a 158 LSWC in a 38 spl and Lyman lists 6.7 gr as a max for their 160 gr round nose,these are some of the fastest loadings I can find 900-1010 fps depending on barrel length and they are all standard pressure loadings for this heavy of a bullet.
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November 27, 2015, 12:22 AM | #27 |
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It's my go to powder for 9mm, .357, and .44mag(practice)
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In 45 acp , 7.4gr through 8.0gr worked good but 7.8gr pushing the 230gr LRN did quite well . It seemed to burn clean and as far as I could tell had very little leading . In 9mm , Not so much . I was using 115gr plated bullets and all charges were dirty with scorched and sooty cases . My thinking is the 115gr bullet is to light for the slow powder . I'll be ordering some 147gr plated bullets soon and will give HS-6 another try with those . I suspect it will do much better with a heavier bullet .
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November 27, 2015, 10:16 PM | #29 |
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I have a box of 500 berry's 44 240g FP bullets. I use Berry's for 9mm and 45ACP and like them but feel I might have made a mistake buying them in 44mag. Theses bullets have to be loaded under 1250fps and most recipes I find are pushing this limit at starting loads. H110 and 2400 are just to hot for this bullet from what I see. I have a pound of HS-6 that I was going to try for 9 & 45 but it looks like it might work well for a light load 44, besides it being dirty using lighter loads from what this forum is saying. Hodgdon shows a starting load of 12g for a velocity of 1,144. So im cutting it close. Is it safe and should I back this up a bit to 11g or 11.5g? I will be using this in a 10" Contender and a 7.5 Blackhawk.
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I am using it on 357 with 158 gr lead. The Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook rates it as giving their best results with that bullet. Current load is 10.0 gr, SPM primers. It pushes real hard but isn't belchy like some pistol magnum powders. That seems efficient to me.
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November 28, 2015, 07:40 PM | #32 |
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I have only used HS-6 in my all powders all bullets work up overloads in 9mm project when I started handloading 15 years ago.
HS-6 has a high speed - density- peakyness product. It can actually get brass damage in 9mm, like AA#5 and 3N37. Most powder cannot fit enough powder in the case, like Bullseye, Unique, Power Pistol, Longshot, BlueDot, RedDot, 2400, AA#9, H110, LIL'GUN, ect.
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November 29, 2015, 02:45 PM | #33 |
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Runs great in my 9mm. Using 115gr berry's plated RN. It seems to be a good plinking round with steel plates, they just disintegrate at 20yrds. As seen above their is some unburnt powder residue here and their. In general burns clean, no sooty cases, gun stays pretty clean.
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