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FWIW- and granted Im not a scientific experimenter that some here are- I found early on that .38spec cases in .357mag chambers in revolvers arent as accurate as similarly loaded .357s in the same chambers AS A RULE. I quit doing that 40 or more years ago. More modern ammo may be different these days. YMMV
Depends if I want zingers or not.
If I want light loads I'll use my handgun specs. Heavy loads I'll load up rifle specs.
Goes the same for .38 and .357
The reason for the thread was wanting to find people that loaded slower powders normally used in rifles for this M-94/16" barrel. And what those powders might be. I don't think I'm mistaken in believing hand gun powder needs to be fast to get a bullet moving in the short space of, generally, 6" or less. In my thinking, a slower powder that continues to burn further down the barrel will result in effective velocity for good accuracy, and lessen recoil and wear and tear on the gun. Reading the properties of 4227 sounds like the sort of powder I'm looking for. The loads for HS-6 are looking good too. Knowing that HS-6 likes a better case fill to burn fully. Plus, I have a bunch of it.