Trail Boss and .38 spec

[hardcase]

I bought Trail Boss primarily for sub-sonic reloading in my .308 and 300 Blackout. I had to buy 4 lbs as that was the only size I could find. A little goes a long way creating boxes & boxes of ammo. I was looking for Little Gun but none was to be had anywhere. Anyway, I found a receipt on Hodgdon's site to use Trail Boss for .38 spec and it actually works quite well. 3 GNs gives me 595-620 fps out of a 4" barrel and 158 GN lead bullet. A nice, low recoil load. http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

I'm on the lookout for another use for this powder, when I get around to reloading other cartridges. I have not tried it yet but see it can also be used for .45 ACP loads.

[Bendersquint]

I bought Trail Boss primarily for sub-sonic reloading in my .308 and 300 Blackout. I had to buy 4 lbs as that was the only size I could find. A little goes a long way creating boxes & boxes of ammo. I was looking for Little Gun but none was to be had anywhere. Anyway, I found a receipt on Hodgdon's site to use Trail Boss for .38 spec and it actually works quite well. 3 GNs gives me 595-620 fps out of a 4" barrel and 158 GN lead bullet. A nice, low recoil load. http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

I'm on the lookout for another use for this powder, when I get around to reloading other cartridges. I have not tried it yet but see it can also be used for .45 ACP loads.

I use Trailboss in 45,9,38,300BLK,sub 223, sub 308.

Its a pretty versatile powder!

[gunguy]

Bender do you have a decent sub-sonic .308 load? I have a 24 inch barrel.

[sub-sonic]

my loads for trailboss
7.62x39 .312 220g GC-lead(seated long) 8.5g..... from a .311 barrel 1:10
7.62x39 .311 174g FBJSP (seated long) 8g..... from a .311 barrel 1:10
7.63x39 .308 170g FBJSP (seated long) 8g.... from a .308 barrel 1:10
303 british .312 220g GC-lead (normal OAL) 12g.... from a .311 barrel 1:10
30-06 .308 170g FBJSP (normal OAL) 12g.... from a .308 barrel 1:10
308 .308 170g FBJSP (normal OAL) 12g.... from a .308 barrel 1:10
300sav .308 170G FBJSP (normal OAL) 12g.... from a .308 barrel 1:12