I'm having trouble finding a good load for the Lee TL358-125-RF .38 Special. The "as loaded" weight of the boolit is 129 grains. Would 3.5 grains of Bullseye be a good starting load?
I'm having trouble finding a good load for the Lee TL358-125-RF .38 Special. The "as loaded" weight of the boolit is 129 grains. Would 3.5 grains of Bullseye be a good starting load?
I was having an issue for the TL356-124 RN using Unique. I sent Unique and email and within 24 hours they sent me a word document with the load data I wanted. Powder companies are a great resource as they are trying to get you to use their powder.
Lyman has 120g RN, 1.450 OAL, Bullsye starting 2.8g-4.6g max
That's my 2 cents for what ever it is worth. hope it helps.
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I use 4.0 grains of Bullseye or Red Dot using the Lee # 90574 .38 Cal 125 RF...in the .38 Special. Very accurate in all my pistols and a Marlin 1894C. IMHO 3.5 grains of Bullseye is a great starting load...but be wary/careful of double charging. Red Dot is 30% bulkier, so I use it most of the time, in lieu of Bullseye.
I would start with 3gr.
4gr Bullseye in mine shoots good.
It didnt shoot as good in my brothers gun. 3.5gr shot better. We're going to try 3gr as soon as we get a chance.
3 gr is very accurate for me.
My favorite load now is 3.1 grains of trailboss with that boolit lubed with 50/50 beeswax/JPW. It shoots like a dream and everyone I have given some of those to shoot want be to load them lots of them !! I love them as practice rounds for my snub ccw gun.
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I would say 3.5 is perfect.
I predict that if you start with 3.5, you will never try another load.
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I use 5.0 gr of unique. Come to think of it I use 5 gr of unique for all my 38 special loads.
Just got through working up a load with that bullet at about that weight. I settled on 3.5 grains of Bullseye as the most accurate. Trying Trailboss now as I like to see my powder a little higher in the case.
4.6grs of Winchester Super Target. Works for 38 special, 9mm, and my 45acp load. I like keeping my powder measure set at one measurement.
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I Use 3.5 grains of bullseye in 38 special with any boolit from 75 grains to 170 grains. But I have shoot thousands of this load with the lee 105 SWC and thousands with several different 158 grain boolits. Always has been accurate. This is out of several different revolvers, my lever action dosent like it. But I think that is more to do with it likes 357 cases.
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My model 60-4 3 in bbl likes 4g of bullseye with that same boolit.
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Every revolver has it's own likes and dislikes. Like we say so often every gun makes it's own rules. Find out what your gun prefers by testing.
A load that works well in another gun is always a good place to start. It may work well enough that you won't need another load.
Having one load that works well in all your guns is a great convenience. 3.5 grains of Bullseye is a good load in many if not most revolvers with a lot of boolit weights.
May be an old posting but helped me. Now to get ahold of some Bullseye.
I'm using 3 grains of Red Dot but I like my loads on the milder side.
I have loaded them up as far as 4.5 grains with no issues, good accuracy in carbines and a handi rifle stubb barrel I have.
Two S&W Mod. 66 love 3.6g of Bullseye with the traditional lube groove 358-125 RF.
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BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
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