Ok, I have a question for all you seasoned reloaders. Have you ever seen a bullet do this in a revolver? Notice the jacket shaved off on the top side of the barrel in the pictures below:
Here is my load data:
I am using 250 Hornady XTP bullets, (not XTP MAG), 28.0 grains of AA No. 9, CCI 400 Primers with a C.O.L. of 1.700. I developed this load ten years ago for my first Raging Bull (which was stolen) and I never had a single problem. Now I have purchased a second Raging Bull and I have started reloading again, using the same load data that I had ten years ago. I have read posts that say the 250gr XTP is not made for 454 Casull pressures. Here is a link sharing the same load data again:
454 Casull Load Data - Handloads.Com=
SO here is my question: Is this load data that I have incorrect? Is there a better, economical bullet to be be shooting? Keep in mind, I love shooting this but I have no intention of paying $35 for 50 freakin bullets, I will back the load down and shoot cheaper bullets if I have too, but I don't want to.
Could the bullet jackets coming off like this be caused by the cylinder of the gun and not the loads? This gun shoots pretty accurate, BUT it has left some copper on the top of the barrel in the same spot three times now. I am thinking it is the gun and not the load since I have shot this load in another gun and a friend of mine also shot this load through his RB ten years ago and never had an issue. I have considered trying it one more time and marking the cylinder with numbers to see if it is the same chamber that causes the copper jacket to come off.
Thoughts?
Here is my load data:
I am using 250 Hornady XTP bullets, (not XTP MAG), 28.0 grains of AA No. 9, CCI 400 Primers with a C.O.L. of 1.700. I developed this load ten years ago for my first Raging Bull (which was stolen) and I never had a single problem. Now I have purchased a second Raging Bull and I have started reloading again, using the same load data that I had ten years ago. I have read posts that say the 250gr XTP is not made for 454 Casull pressures. Here is a link sharing the same load data again:
454 Casull Load Data - Handloads.Com=
SO here is my question: Is this load data that I have incorrect? Is there a better, economical bullet to be be shooting? Keep in mind, I love shooting this but I have no intention of paying $35 for 50 freakin bullets, I will back the load down and shoot cheaper bullets if I have too, but I don't want to.
Could the bullet jackets coming off like this be caused by the cylinder of the gun and not the loads? This gun shoots pretty accurate, BUT it has left some copper on the top of the barrel in the same spot three times now. I am thinking it is the gun and not the load since I have shot this load in another gun and a friend of mine also shot this load through his RB ten years ago and never had an issue. I have considered trying it one more time and marking the cylinder with numbers to see if it is the same chamber that causes the copper jacket to come off.
Thoughts?
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