Bought a few hundred bullets. Now it's on to the fun part. I never have loaded 140s. Plenty of 125s and 158s which shoot just fine. I plan on using 2400 but I might also use Blue dot. I do have a great powder selection but I have several pounds of these 2.
Doing some research I've seen people go as high as 16.5gr and as low as 14. I'm thinking 14.2, 14.5 and 14.8. Not sure I need anything hotter. Eventually I'll chronograph them too but for now I think this is a good starting point. I also found someone's pet load with blue dot at 13.5gr IIRC. This will be a SD/hunting load so if I'm not at 1300fps in a 5" gun I may be tempted to go hotter.
Anyone run these and how do you like them ?
Doing some research I've seen people go as high as 16.5gr and as low as 14. I'm thinking 14.2, 14.5 and 14.8. Not sure I need anything hotter. Eventually I'll chronograph them too but for now I think this is a good starting point. I also found someone's pet load with blue dot at 13.5gr IIRC. This will be a SD/hunting load so if I'm not at 1300fps in a 5" gun I may be tempted to go hotter.
Anyone run these and how do you like them ?