jamz
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I've loaded a thousand or so cartridges in .38 special, and the bullets I've used so far are conical, with a flat point, in 158gr. Picked up new bullets today, these are round nose, with a sligh flat point, also 158gr. The old ones had no cannelure, the new ones do. Without readjusting my dies, it's seating the new bullets down to about 1.45" rather than the 1.480 that the book recommends, but the case mouth is RIGHT on the cannelure- it looks good. If I seat it to the COL that the book recommends, the cannelure is way up above the case mouth.
Both sets of bullets are copper plated. My question is, do I seat it to the recommended COL and forget about the cannelure on the bullet, or shall I seat it so the case mouth is at the cannelure, and figure they chopped random amounts off the point of the bullet when they made it so COL doesn't matter anymore?
-James
Both sets of bullets are copper plated. My question is, do I seat it to the recommended COL and forget about the cannelure on the bullet, or shall I seat it so the case mouth is at the cannelure, and figure they chopped random amounts off the point of the bullet when they made it so COL doesn't matter anymore?
-James