Loaded up some 380 acp for my first loads. Used 231 at three levels and found which load would cycle my Kahr P380. Have some Remington 95gr FMJ RN that I want to load next. Looked at my 3 manuals--Speer,Lee,and Lyman and found conflicting data between the three. Explaining further let me give the COL,min load,and max load for each of the three:
Lee--95gr FMJ
--OAL--.970
--Start--2.9gr
--Max--3.2gr
Speer--95gr TMJ RN
--COl tested--.970
--Start--3.6gr
--max--4.0
Lyman--95gr FMJ
--OAL--.900
--Start--2.1
--Max--2.9
The Speer data shows higher velocities.
My questions are: Which is the max load I should be carefull not to exceed? What should my initial load be? Is the Lyman data so low because of the smaller OAL (.900) or are they just conservative. Opinions needed from experts.Much thanks
Lee--95gr FMJ
--OAL--.970
--Start--2.9gr
--Max--3.2gr
Speer--95gr TMJ RN
--COl tested--.970
--Start--3.6gr
--max--4.0
Lyman--95gr FMJ
--OAL--.900
--Start--2.1
--Max--2.9
The Speer data shows higher velocities.
My questions are: Which is the max load I should be carefull not to exceed? What should my initial load be? Is the Lyman data so low because of the smaller OAL (.900) or are they just conservative. Opinions needed from experts.Much thanks