Loads for s&w model 14 38 spl. ???

[10 Spot Terminator]

I finally found a good one . It is a 14-4 with the 6 in. bbl. and am just starting to work up some loads . I am hoping to find some good dual purpose loads as I dont much fancy full wadcutters although they seem to be the rave for accuracy when punching holes in paper. I did find a lone cannister of Bullseye yesterday and have HS-6, HP38, clays, international clays, unique, 2400, 231, tightgroup and faster powders more for magnum applications. I have a mould that drops 145gr. SWCTC boolits and some precast 158gr. RNFP boolits too plus an assortment of some jacketed bullets from 125 to 158 grs. Oh yeah, I have some Trailboss too that interests me a lot. Would love to hear form you and swap recepies and test results.

 

[joneb]

I've had very good results for a S&W m-10 with a 6" barrel using 3.6gr of Bullseye or 4.2 - 4.4gr of W-231 and F-100 primers with either 158gr LSWC or LRNFP.

 

[CraigC]

I'm rather attached to using a 158gr SWC or RNFP over 4.0gr Titegroup. One of my favorite powders and it meters much better than Unique in anything under 6.0gr.

 

[ligonierbill]

Several of the powders you have on hand are listed in Speer #14. I also recently found a good K-frame, a 4" 64. Speer got good results with Power Pistol, and so did I. Shooting Speer swaged 158 gr. SWCHP, I got a consistent 800 fps with 5 gr, 940 with 5.8 gr. Speer's loads range from 4.8 to 6.0; anything over 5.4 is +P. They shot a 6" 14, and got a bit better velocity than me. Other loads for 158's:
231 3.8 - 4.3 - 4.7 (min - max std - max +P)
Unique 4.0 - 4.7 - 5.2
HS-6 NA - 6.3 - 6.7
Gut schuss!

 

[Sevens]

The load I'm currently using with decent success in a model 10-7, 4-inch tapered barrel and fixed sights is a Dardas 158gr LSWC pushed by 5.3gr Alliant Power Pistol.

 

[USMC Vet]

38 spl. loads for mod.14

A warm, but unusually accurate load in my mod. 14 is: Win nickel case, wsp primer, 5.0/Unique, with a Lee hard cast 140 gr. lswctc. Good luck! USMC Vet

 

[bluetopper]

For 148gr wadcutters........2.7gr of Clays performs great.

2.5 is supposed to be max, but it is anemic.