MadPick wrote:
Yes, I have QuickLoad and I use it every once in a while. I'm not accomplished with it, but I can do the basics.
It has a database of powders. You pick your cartridge, your powder, your charge weight, your bullet type (from library, or you can build your own), your OAL and a few other factors. It then predicts velocity and pressure.
I'm going to be pretty much out of commission for a few days, but come the end of the week if you don't have the answers you need, maybe we can do a live demo on Google Hangouts or something, and I can show you how it works.
Thanks Steve that helps a lot understand how the program works. Money's pretty tight and before I drop the coin on the software am wondering if it can calculate a theoretical velocity and pressure for the following load:
38 Short Colt Starline brass
Federal Small Pistol Match Primer
Vihtavuori N310 or preferably N320 say 2.8gr or 3.0gr
158gr LRN .358" diameter
OAL say 1.180" or 1.20"
Don't necessarily need the detailed results, just curious if it's capable of calculating theoretical velocity and pressure for that kind of load. If so, I'd go ahead and pick up a copy so I can play around with the parameters to come up with a conservatively safe starting load for experimentation in my 627 revolver.
Absolutely no rush as not something am thinking to buy until after the New Years. Happy holidays hope you enjoy time with family.