Lee .38 waddcutter mold

[Hardcast]

In the past I have always gone to Star in Indianapolis and bought swaged .38 wadcutters because they were so cheap. Now that Star ammunition is out of business, when my supply is gone, I will have to start casting them. Here's the question: My experience with Lee 38 cal molds is when cast with straight wheelweights, the boolits come out undersize. With other boolits, I can add tin and or antimony to make them come out bigger. But with mass produced plinking boolits, I really don't want to be adding precious metal to to pot. Those of you who have Lee .38 wadcutter molds, what size do they drop when cast with wheelweights?

[rhead]

One of my cavities drops .360 and the other drops .361. This is with atraight wheel weights. Hope this helps.

[Hardcast]

One of my cavities drops .360 and the other drops .361. This is with atraight wheel weights. Hope this helps.

Thanks. That's good news. My first mold was a Lee 150 or 158 gr 38 cal. hollowpoint mold. I had a Lyman 450 lubesizer and the boolits just about fell through the .358" sizer die. .360 or .361 would be great.

[TAWILDCATT]

just a question why so big.I use .356 and my mod 10 custom target shoots them in ten ring.also my S&W mod 52.you can get hornady hbwc. from midsouthshooters.com for $12.88 for 250 + ship.I'd get Lees 6 cavity 90380 $34.76 + handles $12.57