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What is 2400 like? Does it get spikey all of a sudden? Does it act up if you use a mag primer? My application is 44mag and I'm trying to find a sweet spot with 2400 and 270gr WFN from my 4" 329pd. 0.5gr increase gave 25fps more and a tighter ES. Now I'm powdering increasing by another 0.5...

I'm looking for an inexpensive, lightweight (6lbs or less) 20ga and I'm trying to decide between the sa-20 from Mossberg and the sa-08 from Weatherby. I welcome your input. :)

Weather is lousy, so it is about that time of year when I do something worthless like test bullet performance. Gelatin is about $8/lb. Corn starch is about 80cents/lb. Somewhere around 8/1 (water/starch) seems to make some pretty good gelatin (or very bad gravy :) ). I was just wondering if...

Why do otherwise intelligent people buy the Taurus Judge? "Judge", "Raging Judge", "Orgasmic Judge", etc. - they represent some of the dumbest firearms available today. I would think that folks would run away from such silly designs, but they don't. Seems like there is a "I wanted to buy my...

I measured some - they were too short. Didn't meet SAAMI minimum. I've tested them in 44 mag using common ball powders (W296/H110, AA#9, Enforcer) and they are horrible - way too weak to reliably ignite those powders. Wolf LP Magnum are so bad that they don't work very well in 45acp with...

I ran some 44 mag rounds loaded with each over the Chrony to see the difference. 240gr OT LSWC, 23.5gr H110, 10 shot strings, 4" barrel 329pd. CCI350 23.5 Avg=1232fps, ES=44fps - no flash Wolf LPM - Avg=1183fps, ES=110 - very flashy The 23.5gr of H110 load with CCI350 is my control...

I just picked up some Leadhead 270gr, plain base, .430", LBT-design, WFN for my S&W329pd. I'm looking for a 1100fps load out of this 4" barrel. I've got LilGun, H110, Enforcer, 2400, and AA#9 on hand. If anyone has any experience with these, I'd appreciate the sharing of information. I'm about...

I've got some new powder to try. I'll be pushing 240gr lswc and 240gr XTP. I'll be running these out of a S&W329pd. If anyone has a favorite recipe using these two powders, please share. Thanks.

Blast shield erosion started when I used W296 - at least as near as I can tell. At the 1000 round mark, more than half of which was W296/H110 and LilGun loads pushing 240gr bullets, the blast shield cracked. So it is time for another trip to S&W. Also note that you can see some erosion of the...

Just wondering if you folks have seen this. I was using Hodgdon TiteGroup for my 44 mag plinkers. I've used it to push Oregon Trail 240gr bullets. I've tried it twice now and I see the same thing - melted lead deposited on the cylinder face. I don't see this with any of the other powders (see...

I tried high velocity (with slow powder) and plinker (with fast powder) loads today, built from .429" and .430" sized Oregon Trail 240gr lswc bevel base(originally .431" until resized using Lee sizers). The 20gr Ramshot Enforcer load runs right at 1200fps on a warm day. I shot 6, inspected...

OK, I confess. I was snarky to someone on this forum. I scoffed at their claim that trying to shoot bevel-based hard cast through a revolver was difficult. Well, now I know better - they are right. I bought 1K of Oregon Trail 240gr lswc bb sized .431" for my 329pd. I haven't figured out how to...

Kindof like buying a big 4X4 truck that never goes off the pavement. Seems like it would make more sense to buy a gun appropriate for the power level you really want. I.e. if you want a 44 special, buy one. Why pay the price and carry the weight for something you're never going to use to it's...

I have a 329pd. The blast shield is a steel insert directly above the barrel/cylinder gap, protecting the alloy frame. I recently decided to try some magnum loads using W296 powder. Within 20 rounds I began to get erosion of the blast shield. I'm wondering if there a magic metal coating that...

Is W296 a known blast shield killer? I just ran 30+ loads over the Chrony and I noticed a small amount of erosion to the blast shield. I know some powders like LilGun are hard on throats. https://sites.google.com/site/hobbyhintstricksideas/Home/s-w-329pd-info

Had two WLP primers split in a 329pd with a max load of Enforcer. The same load with CCI350's was fine. Pitting at the firing pin: Case view: https://sites.google.com/site/hobbyhintstricksideas/_/rsrc/1267313425919/Home/s-w-329pd-info/small_primer_split.JPG Zoomed in...

I'm working up loads for my 329pd. I want something to stop a 500lb bear, worst case. I'd appreciate some ideas for loads for a 4" barrel 44 mag. Thanks in advance.

9 day turn-around - much faster than I expected. S&W replaced the firing pin and hammer. Also touched up some nicks in the finish. I'm happy. I put 100rnds through it and it always goes BANG. The new firing pin is larger diameter and the firing pin indents are significant - no doubt the primer...

Everybody is used to cranking out nuclear loads using H110,2400,w296 - all of which are excellent, but really shine in longer barrels. I'm just wondering about more efficient non-nuclear loads from 4" barrels using mid-range powders. I have on hand Enforcer, AutoComp, Longshot, Silhouette, and...

I really loved my S&W 329pd for the 14rnds it worked. Developed light primer strikes. So off to S&W for who-knows-how-long. And people say Taurus ships crap....