Load Specs Help

dogman

New to Cowboy Action... I need some hand load specs.
Need to load 130 gr. cast lead Meister bullet under 1000 fps for a Ruger New Vaquero .357. I'll also be using the same round for my carbine which will have to be under 1400fps. Any ideas?

Colonel Plink

Check yer e-mail.

dogman

Thanks - checked e-mail. Gave the links to the shooter. Wish it was me, but that's a fer piece down the road[:(]. Glad you responded. Not a lot of turn around on the topic...

macabest

Consult the reloading books, or powder manufactures web sites. I load at the very minimum the book says.
Marc

Throckmorton

Nearly all of the powder comapnies have online data now,and nearly all of them have a 'cowboy load' section.I start at the middle,ro even a tad higher as the minimum loads are really pipsqueeks most times.I want to hear the steel ring a bit.
Are those bullets flat pointed for carbine use,btw?

dogman

I wish I knew if they were flat nosed... it's not for me, unfortunately. I'll ask.

Oklahomabound

as suggested above, the various powder companies have recommended loads for different weight bullets and calibers... Load 5 rounds at the minimum and increase in powder weight in small increments, find the load that you and the gun can shoot round holes with POA coincident with POI.