I have a box of 148 grain double ended lead wad cutters for .38/.357 and I'd like to load them up with some Win 231 that I have left over. I'm looking at winchester's published load data (http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp), and it shows a max load for .357 of 3.4 grains, but for .38 the max load is 4.0 grains. Why would the max load for .357 be lower than the max load for .38?
Consequently, I loaded 100 rounds with 3.2 grains. Now I'm wondering if this load is too light and I'm gonna run into leading issues. Unfortuantely, I don't know the brinell hardness of the lead.
Consequently, I loaded 100 rounds with 3.2 grains. Now I'm wondering if this load is too light and I'm gonna run into leading issues. Unfortuantely, I don't know the brinell hardness of the lead.