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Post by smirker on Jan 19, 2016 20:29:26 GMT -5
A couple of years ago I did a internet search on published data for the .32 Magnum with the Sierra 90gr. JHC bullet and I found some information about a old artical written by Skeeter Skelton about his tests of the Ruger SSM using AA-7 powder. The load data was for full power loads in the Ruger. Of course it would have been to easy to download or print it. Now I cannot find it.
I was wondering if anyone on the forum is familiar with this data or possibly has a old copy of that magazine, possibly Shooting Times, and can pass on that information or scan data and post it.
Any help would be appreciated !!!
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Post by smirker on Jan 19, 2016 20:37:12 GMT -5
Back in November 1985, Skeeter Skelton wrote in Shooting Times: "Our first "keeper" load was comprised of a cast RCBS 32-98 grain flatpoint bullet, sized .312 and weighing 100 grains, over 8.7 grains of 2400 powder. This round made one-inch groups at 20 yards and registered 1,227fps on my Oehler Model 33. Another selected handload proved substantially more potent -- the Hornady 85 grain JHP over 9.4 grains of Accurate Arms No. 7 powder for 1,448fps and two inch groups from a sandbag rest."
A while later, he published that a "large ammunition maker" tested those loads and sent the following: "Your handload with the Hornady 85 grain bullet, fired in our pressure barrel, gave a velocity of 1,503 fps and a pressure of 38,940 psi. The 100 grain cast bullet gave a velocity of 1,263 fps and a pressure of 30,940 psi. For comparison, the Federal 95 grain lead bullet, fired in the same barrel, gave 1,038 fps and 21,500 psi."
Still later, in September 1986, Skeeter said about his Nov. 1985 article: "I believe, and still believe, that the Ruger Single-Six will stand up to this load with no problems, but I cannot -- and will not -- recommend it to others.......The little Ruger is an exceptionally strong revolver -- and the ONLY one in which I would fire such a load. My work with this gun/load combination was purely for my own edification, and anyone else who tries it does so entirely on his own responsibility."
Okay, maybe this is it. Wrong bullet, but on the right track.......I think.....
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Post by oldschool on Jan 25, 2016 10:09:44 GMT -5
A couple of years ago I did a internet search on published data for the .32 Magnum with the Sierra 90gr. JHC bullet and I found some information about a old artical written by Skeeter Skelton about his tests of the Ruger SSM using AA-7 powder. The load data was for full power loads in the Ruger. Of course it would have been to easy to download or print it. Now I cannot find it. I was wondering if anyone on the forum is familiar with this data or possibly has a old copy of that magazine, possibly Shooting Times, and can pass on that information or scan data and post it. Any help would be appreciated !!! I don't have those ST issues, as I was late to the .32 Mag party. Buried in this thread are some notes by C.E. (Ed) Harris regarding the Hornady XTP bullets and pressure tests with a couple of loads: tinyurl.com/zeasefzIf you are able to acquire copies of those articles, I would appreciate you passing them on. |
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