Reloading 38 Special?

[DDRanch]

Anyone have a recipe or direction for 125 gr JHP loaded for either a 38 or 357, using T-group powder?

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[RVTECH]

Anyone have a recipe or direction for 125 gr JHP loaded for either a 38 or 357, using T-group powder?

Have you looked in a manual or on the Hodgdon load data site online?

Most people under normal circumstances will NOT post common load data.

 

[aasbra]

If you don't have an appropriate reloading manual handy, Hodgdon's website provides data for their powders, including Titegroup.

Reloading Data Center – Hodgdon Reloading Data Center

hodgdonreloading.com

 

[orygun]

My newest reloading manual doesn't show Titegroup.
I'd hit up the reloading data website @aasbra posted.

 

[dangerranger60]

38 and 357 are going to have very different load data.
from Hodgdons 2020 data, 38 spl 4.3 to 4.6 will get 950 to 1010 fps. 38 spl +P can go up to 5.0 gr for 1069 fps. And in 357 mag 6.8 to 7.5 will get1425 to 1500fps. These were using 125 gr XTP bullets.

 

[orygun]

Have you looked in a manual or on the Hodgdon load data site online?

Most people under normal circumstances will NOT post common load data.

I certainly don't understand the last sentence. I've seen good data shared quite frequently and I have done the same, usually quoting the source it was pulled from. Of course, I triple check that I'm not making a mistake in my typing. There's also been more than one time I have PM'd a picture of the page from my reloading manual. I'd post them, but that could get the website into a copyright issue, and I don't want to be the source of trouble for Joe.

FYI, even the loading manuals say that maximum loads may not be suitable for the firearm they are used in.

I also find it interesting that the powder companies share their data, but bullet companies make you pay for it.