stubshaft
Boolit Master

Naw... Didn't kill the thread. Just was busy with a friend's wedding party tonight. I did not expect those to grow that much during the course of a few weeks of aging! I figured they'd be right at .225 or mayby .2255 at the most. And I've...

I scrap everything I can and save the hard drive for future reference..I tell my kids over and over "never type or put anything on a computer that you don't want the whole world to see"

Yeah, and you'll likely have problems with OAL in the .380acp as well... Stick to nothing larger then a 105gr pill in that little bugger...

I noticed a few more handguns on the shelves lately and hit and miss with the Ammo...My opinion- I think it's gonna take another year before all the warehouses and retail shelves are full again with ammo. Lots of hoarders and with this political...

Gotta turn the necks, or ream them.

Good golly... this question has been posed at least a 1000 times over.... See what shoots good for you is the best advice I can give. But I personally like the 358477 and the 358429 for the particular application. But RD's 190 RFP is also a fav,...

If loading it 38spl brass for .38spl, crimp in the top lube groove over about 4.0gr of Unique.... Thats what I do anyways...

Yeah, a lot of people have had problems with rounds chambering because of the tight chambers. I think it is a matter of finding the right boolit, hardness, lube, and neck thickness to get the job done, as with any bottlenecked case. Best of luck...

And as for the writers... Willing to bet 90%+ haven't ever had to rely on anything when it matters....

Sir, don't take my statement the wrong way. You, Sir, have much, much more experience then myself. I'm 30 years old. I've been shooting since I was about 10 years old. And spent the better half of a decade in the military and an religious...

Dangit, wish mine would come in... Mihec, still waiting on that tracking number.

Thanks. Like I posted above. I designed the boolit, and had it cut. Needed something that would keep the lube in the neck, but still meet the 90g weight and a good nose profile. Came up with this design, which has yet to be tested, and decided...

Uninformed opinions, huh? You, Sir, make many assumptions without much standing. What you have just stated is just that, opinion. In which you're very entitled to make. However, from what I can tell, those of us on here who use them disagree...

This is my go-to load for target work. And btw, I'm not a Colt my when it comes to my Wheelies... But I'll tell you this. That is one nice looking pistola, and I'd be happy to own one like it. Congratulations on your newest member of the...

Depends on what you're trying to load them in.

.358156.... It is designed to be an accurate boolit for the .357mag. But it can be loaded in .38spl brass in the lower crimp groove so that it wont fit .38spl chambers, but still has the same case capacity as the .357mag.

MiHec, did you receive my responses to your PM???

^^^^^ This. Fact is that if it was unreliable, people wouldn't use them. And they dang sure would have found out over the last 100 years whether or not they were reliable or not.

This. It's a newbie mistake. I did it too. Lighter crimp, just enough to keep the lead in the case.

I'm going to disagree with you there. Rounds have to headspace anyways. And I don't see there being THAT MUCH of a difference between one round and six rounds considering the amount of headspacing it has to do. And the military apparently didn't...

I only have 2 smokeless lubes for sale TAC 1 and TAC SOFT,,,,, TAC SOFT is softer for extreme cold shooting like below zero deg F.

Here's a pic of how I operate my Classic Cast press. Sorry about the clutter in the background. I Resize and deprime, then prime the case and flare. Then I take the case off the shellholder and flip the case over to give a quick inspection to...

You can mess with the lube if you want but I would just use the TAC 1 just way it is. It will stick just fine to those big groves and if you just want to dip lube it will work also. Warm your bullets just over 100 degF if there is any stick problems.

OK........ Use a wooden stick, hard wood last a bit longer. Then use a spoon and see which you like the best. I think DOC is on the right track. WOW! Lots of good info here on this thread for you.