Malice
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I finally got me Lee Loader last night. I loaded up 5 rounds of .38 special. The load I used was
125 gr Hornady XTP
4.3 grains of Titegroup
CCI small pistol primer
new Winchester brass
I had to scrap the first 2 attempts... first, I had the round completed and realized the primer was not in far enough. Then, I seated the bullet too far on the second one.
The next 5 went off without a hitch! Tonight I am gonna hammer out some more.
My only regret is that I found out that my S&W 642 is supposedly sighted in for 158 gr bullets... after I already bought the 125s. Oh well, I'll load some of those next.
Comparing the rounds I made next to a couple different kinds of expensive factory SD ammo... I can see visiually that my cartridges are much more uniform when it comes to seating depth and crimp.
Thanks for the help THR!
125 gr Hornady XTP
4.3 grains of Titegroup
CCI small pistol primer
new Winchester brass
I had to scrap the first 2 attempts... first, I had the round completed and realized the primer was not in far enough. Then, I seated the bullet too far on the second one.
The next 5 went off without a hitch! Tonight I am gonna hammer out some more.
My only regret is that I found out that my S&W 642 is supposedly sighted in for 158 gr bullets... after I already bought the 125s. Oh well, I'll load some of those next.
Comparing the rounds I made next to a couple different kinds of expensive factory SD ammo... I can see visiually that my cartridges are much more uniform when it comes to seating depth and crimp.
Thanks for the help THR!