Typetwelve
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I think I'm throwing in the towel.
I did this with 44 magnum a few years back. No matter what I tried, I always had leading issues with my Super Redhawk. 12 hardness, 18...didn't matter. Hi-Tek coated, traditional lube, even Alox...push the hard, push them soft...still had leading somewhere, be it on the forcing cone, or running down the barrel. Finally, I gave up and started shooting Zero bullets full time.
I'm fighting the same battle with 38 spcl. I've tried all kinds of lead projectiles, from all kinds of makers and no matter what I do, they lead. The only lead projectiles that I've shot, that haven't leaded are some super old Speer DEWC's that someone gave to me, I bet they're older than I am. With factory projectiles, light load, lead up the forcing cone, give them more pepper, they lead down the barrel. (Using a S&W 627 Pro, BTW). I can't win.
Am I missing something here, or are factory offerings just too hard? Those old Speer WC's are significantly softer than even the 12 hardness projectiles I've bought. That I'm seeing online, no one seems to make anything softer.
Any advice would help, but I've been fighting this for pushing 4 years now, and it's getting old.
I did this with 44 magnum a few years back. No matter what I tried, I always had leading issues with my Super Redhawk. 12 hardness, 18...didn't matter. Hi-Tek coated, traditional lube, even Alox...push the hard, push them soft...still had leading somewhere, be it on the forcing cone, or running down the barrel. Finally, I gave up and started shooting Zero bullets full time.
I'm fighting the same battle with 38 spcl. I've tried all kinds of lead projectiles, from all kinds of makers and no matter what I do, they lead. The only lead projectiles that I've shot, that haven't leaded are some super old Speer DEWC's that someone gave to me, I bet they're older than I am. With factory projectiles, light load, lead up the forcing cone, give them more pepper, they lead down the barrel. (Using a S&W 627 Pro, BTW). I can't win.
Am I missing something here, or are factory offerings just too hard? Those old Speer WC's are significantly softer than even the 12 hardness projectiles I've bought. That I'm seeing online, no one seems to make anything softer.
Any advice would help, but I've been fighting this for pushing 4 years now, and it's getting old.