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    Quote Originally Posted by roberth View Post
    i decided to try my hand at 38 special - the lyman book lists a load using titegroup which is a powder i'm very familiar with
    3.2 TG using a 158gr LSWC is a cream puff load that you will enjoy shooting.

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    3.2 - 3.5 TG using a 125 plated FP

    Shooting them out of my revolvers is nice. Out of the lever action, like shooting 22's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jim View Post
    3.2 TG using a 158gr LSWC is a cream puff load that you will enjoy shooting.

    OR

    3.2 - 3.5 TG using a 125 plated FP

    Shooting them out of my revolvers is nice. Out of the lever action, like shooting 22's.
    thanks for the plinker load, i never think to go under the listed minimum - the lyman book says to start with 4 grains of tg under a 125g fp. one of the fun things reloading is trying different loads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roberth View Post
    thanks for the plinker load, i never think to go under the listed minimum - the lyman book says to start with 4 grains of tg under a 125g fp. one of the fun things reloading is trying different loads.
    http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
    is where i took that data from
    Lyman is nice as other load data books too. The variation between Powder mfg , bullet makers and other reference material can be head banging. I use powder data and work up from there. I also take other data, average them and see what results i get. With today's component supply chain sporadic, i use start data as much as i can.
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    Quote Originally Posted by roberth View Post
    that is a drag about the larue belly - a rifle with that rep and price should be perfect out of the box
    We'll see what the actual end result might be.
    Just doing what I can to stay on this side of the dirt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jim View Post
    http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
    is where i took that data from
    Lyman is nice as other load data books too. The variation between Powder mfg , bullet makers and other reference material can be head banging. I use powder data and work up from there. I also take other data, average them and see what results i get. With today's component supply chain sporadic, i use start data as much as i can.
    it is - we compile all the data available and figure out a start point and do it - i have the lyman, hornady, and sierra books - then i go online and double check everything and find out what the real min/max are

    i'm so happy i stocked up on some things before all the stupid happened

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    Stopped in to say: Hey!

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    Found our insurance is only going up 40% so that's cool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh View Post
    Found our insurance is only going up 40% so that's cool.
    40% increase is cool?

    I would be pitching a fit.

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    Heya 10 MM, and HC.........

    40% increase is a shitty deal indeed....Lobo, that was either a reference to the Obama crap, OR....just the regular ass humping that we take on stuff. Both ways suck for sure.

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    All my brass is loaded now...... I need more brass.......