Ok I have been trying to work up a hunting load for my 454 Redhawk. I chose Bluedot because I have plenty and found a couple of loads on the interwebs that show it running a 300 grain bullet 1500 FPS. Cant really see a down side there. So I buy some 300 gr Speer Deepcurls from Jerry's and proceed to manufacture the ultimate armadillo round. Loaded 5 rounds with 17.0 grains which is the starting load. they run sub 1100 FPS range. So I load some at 17.5 and then move up to 18.0-18.2 grains. The 18 grain load provided the group shown below at 30 yards and ran consistently at 1220-1240 FPS with 5 rounds. I think awesome but still not fast enough. No signs of pressure. That good. Lets bump up to 18.7 grains. 19.00 is max load according to book.
Now there are no signs of pressure in the primers at 18.7 grains, but the group seemed to open up. Also this group still ran between 1220-1250 fps. This group also shot fire out of the cylinder gap like that dragon that tried to kill that one cocky bastage from Texas in Reign of Fire. Ruin my bag I was using for a rest. It was my rear rifle bag and I probably should not have been using it for what I was. I use the term ruined loosely. It is not anything that a little duct tape wont fix.
Anyhow anybody else ever experienced the same thing? Where you bump up half a grain and don't really see any velocity change in a revolver?
Now there are no signs of pressure in the primers at 18.7 grains, but the group seemed to open up. Also this group still ran between 1220-1250 fps. This group also shot fire out of the cylinder gap like that dragon that tried to kill that one cocky bastage from Texas in Reign of Fire. Ruin my bag I was using for a rest. It was my rear rifle bag and I probably should not have been using it for what I was. I use the term ruined loosely. It is not anything that a little duct tape wont fix.
Anyhow anybody else ever experienced the same thing? Where you bump up half a grain and don't really see any velocity change in a revolver?