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I've only read articles where he was interviewed and his philosophies expressed. He obviously has a great insight on good ballistics. The Thompson folks make a bunch of barrels for his various JDJ creations. You have to be a reloader to really enjoy his work as the JDJ ammo is not off the shelf stuff. There's plenty of brass and die folks who support those boutique cartridges.

I had a conversation with him once whe I was looking for a heavy bullet for my .41 Mag S&W Model 57. IIRC, he had a mold for a 275gr (or thereabouts) bullet. When I asked him what load to use, his response was "fill the case with 296 and put the bullet on!"

He did convince me to use a .44Mag out of a Ruger if I was serious about heavy (revolver) loads, and he was right.

Mark

I have an S&W 657 (41 mag) as well. I mostly shoot 210 gr cast from that one. He was spot on with respect to filling the case with W296. Anything less can cause detonation with that powder. It is my favorite powder for magnum revolver rounds (.357 mag, .44 mag, .454 Casull).

I had hoped the 460 Magnum barrel on the Encore would work well for 45 Colt (255 gr over 7 gr of W231). Alas, it shoots high. The .454 Casull load (200 gr jacketed FN over 37 gr of W296) is dead on. I ordered and received a box of 50 pieces of 460 Magnum brass, but I haven't loaded it yet. The velocities from the 15" barrel on the Encore are much hotter than the 7.5" barrel of the Ruger Super Redhawk with the same load.