ORIGINAL: Swampdog
Just wondering ,Has anybody ever tried to use some rifle type powders in pistol rounds? Say like 4064 or rl 22 something like ( not exactly these) in say a.41 mag,.44 mag .38 sp?Can it be done or do they burn to slow and make to much pressure.Just curious.
It can be done, but the problem is that the rounds you listed won't hold enough of those slow rifle powders to give you a decent muzzle velocity. It is NOT dangerous to do this, (unless pressures were so low that a bullet got stuck in the bore!!),but you gain nothing by so doing.
The best rifle powders in handgun rounds are IMR 4227, H110, and Alliant 2400- powders originally made for the .30 Carbine and rounds like the 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, etc.