Anyone load .38 Special with MBC Smallball? (or other 125 grain lead pills?)

[1KPerDay]

I found a box of .358" sized Smallball... Lee has data for 125 grain lead. Any recommendations? Caveats? Will lighter bullets likely hit lower or higher than heavy bullets?

 

[kcofohio]

Smallball is their name for a 9mm .356" bullet. Are you sure you saw it right?

 

[ReloaderFred]

I load about 5,000 of them per year for SASS matches for the three of us, but I cast my own from the same Magma molds that MBC uses. It's my favorite bullet for the .38 Special. They shoot to point of aim in all our pistols and rifles, but then are our firearms for SASS are sighted in for those loads. I find them very accurate, and with my Blackhawks, I can shoot tight groups with them at 25 yards from a rest, and decent groups offhand.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[1KPerDay]

Thanks Fred. Would you feel comfortable sharing a favorite load?

 

[1KPerDay]

Smallball is their name for a 9mm .356" bullet. Are you sure you saw it right?

Yes, I have them sized .358 for my .357" bored SIG and Beretta.

 

[ReloaderFred]

I'll PM you, since it's my personal policy to not publish data in open forums.

Fred

 

[kcofohio]

Yes, I have them sized .358 for my .357" bored SIG
and Beretta.

Gotcha, wanted to make sure.