BJung
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What are the differences in the size of your patterns using 38-148 WC plain base vs. 38-148 WC hollow point. For your handgun, how would you rank your top 3 or so powders with that bullet for accuracy?
What .357 or .358" WC bullet are you using? There are many WC variations.A review of the literature reveals one wants to keep this under 900 fps in .357 Magnum and this is about as classic as it gets
I get tighter groups shooting hollow base wadcutters versus plain base wadcutters from my revolvers but the trade off is velocity of the bullet.What are the differences in the size of your patterns using 38-148 WC plain base vs. 38-148 WC hollow point. For your handgun, how would you rank your top 3 or so powders with that bullet for accuracy?
Reading posts to this thread, and reading about this prior to loading…
Yes, what you refer to as the “crud ring” is the concern with .38 Soecial rounds in a .357 Magnum revolver.
A velocity greater than 900 fps can result in the skirt blowing off and potentially blocking the barrel.
I have 148 gr wadcutters, they are symmetrical/they are not hollow base.
I use a nylon cleaning brush wrapped with strands of copper chore boy attached to a cleaning rod and chucked into a drill.Is there such a tool called a crud ring scraper?
nice shootin'!I finally got around to loading these loads using 3.0 gr Bullseye. I was rushed and it still shot fairly good. The first target is 5 rounds at 30 yards and the second photograph is the same target but with an additional round fired at 75 feet.View attachment 1104320View attachment 1104322
Speer #13 spicy, long ago, wouldn't advise copying that load. `I didn't have a chrono back then. I could chrono some of them though, still have one of the two 30 Cal ammo cans full I loaded.SPICY
what kinda fps you get?