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I did not confuse anything nor did I misread your post. What I said in my post was 50K, what you assume is on you, you do understand about assume, do you not? You said PSI, I did not say, nor did I mean PSI.
However, My information about the 357 Super Mag predates the manual, SAMI specs and any writings, except those of Elgin, himself. The information about the cartridge in the Accurate manual is in error from top to bottom. I am surprised that they have printed such tripe. The cartridge, as were all of the Super Mag series, was designed for use in the IHMSA by the former president of the IHMSA, period.
Remington attempted to claim the design as their own; they did not develop anything except a good case of heartburn responding to Elgin Gate's lawyers. In a letter, published in the Silhouette, Remington admitted that the design was given to them by Elgin and that they made an error in claiming it was their design or that they had any part in the design. Ruger built the SRM to Elgin's specifications, except that Bill Ruger, himself, decided to shorten the cylinder and frame in the 11th hour, just prior to production. David Bradshaw, then from Vermont, and a member of the board of the IHMSA was the liaison between Bill and Elgin. Dan Wesson's gun was second out and was built precisely as Elgin had specified. The SRM died, the DW lived.
The 357 Super Mag case was designed by Elgin to do 55K, easily, and it does so. It was also designed for heavy bullets using extruded powder.
There has been more HS/BS written about the 357 SM cartridge by "knowledgeable" writers than I can shake a stick at. Most is just that, BS.
My first two SRMs were shipped to me by Steve Vogel, VP of SR and Bill's son in-law, through Davidson. Davidson was located across the street from the main plant. My two guns were hand carried by Steve across the street, or at least that is what he told me when he called to confirm shipment. The first guns pre-dated any brass being available.
Remington did not offer the first brass offered for sale to the public, it was offered by Federal, had a ram head stamp and was sold through the Silhouette, if I recall correctly.
Ed
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