Reeder Custom Guns - not sure what caused it but extremely hot loads

Gary Reeder
not sure what caused it but extremely hot loads
Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 15:59

would be my first guess. The 1873 wasn't designed for the super hot loads. I would ease away from the loads you mentioned. The Miroku are excellent guns but are a 140 year old (or so) design. Stay with the standard loads and you shouldn't have that problem.

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