Hello.
I just ordered a Trooper MkIII and found a Lyman single cavity 358439 HP mold! The buller was meant to be used with 38 cases because of its length. I did read that some revolvers have long enough cylinders to allow the use of 357 cases. Is the MkIII one of them? Or will I have to use 38s or trim 357 cases a bit?
Also if someone has mold handles for sale and would be willing to ship to France, that would be awesome
BTW we don't have 2400 or Unique here but the French national powder manufacturer has SP3, which is pretty much equivalent to 2400, and Ba9, very close to Unique...
I am very much looking forward to load for and shoot the Trooper, though parts breakage worries me a bit, especially the firing pin, even if it isn't that common... I have a Chrony so I'll publish my results with those powders, though that probably would only be of interest to French shooters.
Happy new year!
Gil.
I just ordered a Trooper MkIII and found a Lyman single cavity 358439 HP mold! The buller was meant to be used with 38 cases because of its length. I did read that some revolvers have long enough cylinders to allow the use of 357 cases. Is the MkIII one of them? Or will I have to use 38s or trim 357 cases a bit?
Also if someone has mold handles for sale and would be willing to ship to France, that would be awesome
BTW we don't have 2400 or Unique here but the French national powder manufacturer has SP3, which is pretty much equivalent to 2400, and Ba9, very close to Unique...
I am very much looking forward to load for and shoot the Trooper, though parts breakage worries me a bit, especially the firing pin, even if it isn't that common... I have a Chrony so I'll publish my results with those powders, though that probably would only be of interest to French shooters.
Happy new year!
Gil.