Buck13
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I recently bought a box of coated .38 full wadcutters from Missouri Bullets via Midway. Opened them yesterday to load a few and was not thrilled. Supposedly "double-ended" so I loaded the first couple without looking really closely, until I realized they were not feeling exactly the same in the case each time. One end is consistently shaped on each bullet, the the other, not so much.
Some of these are visibly not square, and/or have a little flange of lead/coating sticking out over the bevel on one side. I'm really doubting that they're going to fly well. God help you if you loaded them with that funky end down (which I did 2 or 3 times before I spotted the assymetry). Surely the exit from the muzzle with one side venting so much earlier would be chaotic. After the first couple of bullets, when I noticed how weird one end looked, I loaded them with the good base down.
I've never purchased full wadcutters before except in .429 (a SAECO #944 mold, conventionally lubed). No other cast bullets I've bought have this much irregularity. I've seen plenty of photos of full wadcutters on Castboolits, etc, (lubed, not coated) and many of the bullets in the box I got look like someone's rejects. These are the first commercial coated bullets I've purchased. Are they typically this funky?
I picked a few out of the box at random to photograph. I did not cherry-pick the duds. Would *you* consider these to be target-quality bullets? A couple look REALLY irregular on one end, and others look slightly off. I'm planning to call Midway to complain.
Some of these are visibly not square, and/or have a little flange of lead/coating sticking out over the bevel on one side. I'm really doubting that they're going to fly well. God help you if you loaded them with that funky end down (which I did 2 or 3 times before I spotted the assymetry). Surely the exit from the muzzle with one side venting so much earlier would be chaotic. After the first couple of bullets, when I noticed how weird one end looked, I loaded them with the good base down.
I've never purchased full wadcutters before except in .429 (a SAECO #944 mold, conventionally lubed). No other cast bullets I've bought have this much irregularity. I've seen plenty of photos of full wadcutters on Castboolits, etc, (lubed, not coated) and many of the bullets in the box I got look like someone's rejects. These are the first commercial coated bullets I've purchased. Are they typically this funky?
I picked a few out of the box at random to photograph. I did not cherry-pick the duds. Would *you* consider these to be target-quality bullets? A couple look REALLY irregular on one end, and others look slightly off. I'm planning to call Midway to complain.