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My point was, unless you intentionally want a hand grenade, a M27 can take pretty much anything you put in it.
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If you can still seat a bullet on top of the powder in a .357 case, a Model 27 can handle it.
That is a pretty silly thing to type.
You fill a 357 Magnum case up with Hodgdon's Titegroup and tell me what happens.
I predict something like this. You will find that about 12.4 grains of Titegroup will fill the case under a 158 gr Hornady XTP seated at max suggested OAL of 1.59. The peak pressure would be a bit over 130,000 psi, but you will never get there. At about 80,000-90,000 psi the brass cartridge would start to flow out between the recoil shield and back of the cylinder like silly putty. That is, unless the cylinder
has chosen
to show you its impression of a hand grenade before the brass gets around to doing its silly-putty impression.
Can I call you Sheldon or would you prefer Dr. Cooper. ;-)
I think the above post had an air of whimsy to it...
Dr Cooper will suffice.
My point was, unless you intentionally want a hand grenade, a M27 can take pretty much anything you put in it.
I figured that is what you meant but what if someone, someone rather naive, took you literally? Kaboom!
Not to mention I wanted to see how high a pressure I could get Quickloads to predict in a 357 Mag and be a smart-arse at the same time.
I really though Red Dot or Bulleye would have done better but Titegroup is so dense it won.
I might have gotten higher with a heavier bullet but 158gr is pretty common so I used it.