75,000 Wadcutters in a Model 27

[LAH]

Frank do you have a favorite WC bullet?

[Frank V]

LAH, I use one from the Lee mold. The Lee mold actually casts a pretty good bullet. I have found most any good wadcutter will shoot well though. I am fond of the Lee mold they come to temp. quickly & if you don't cast too fast remain at proper heat very well. Usually I'll use two molds rotating them as I cast so they don't get too hot. That seems to work well for me. My Wife got me a Lee .38 158gr SWC GC mold for Christmas & I need to order some GCs to use it. It throws a pretty bullet too.
Hope this helps some.
If you are not casting Hornaday offers a swaged WC bullet that looks pretty good & should shoot well. I don't run any of them much beyond 800fps.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I used a Lyman single cavity 148Gn (I thnk that was the weight) Button Nosed Wadcutter many years back for Service Pistol Competition (similar to PPC). They worked a treat, but were painfully slow to cast, haha.

I have used a packet or two of the Hornady wadcutters and they worked well, as did the packet of Speers that were on special some time ago. They were always very expensive here, but I noticed that the Speer wadcutters were selling very cheaply recently.

[LAH]

Frank I'm using a button nose WC, H&G 50. The mould I have will make a pile in a hurry but it sure is heavy.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I have a Lyman 4 cavity mould that I had forgotten about until I saw your post. It is heavy, so I can imagine how heavy the 6 cavity mould is.



I haven't used it yet as I was gifted a few thousand 38 Wadcutter reloads from another armourer who has pulled the pin.

[alamogunr]

I've got the 4 cavity version of the H&G 50 and it was heavy enough that I made a guide from a 2X6 with a strip of micarta mounted on it so the handle screws straddled the micarta. No way was I going to try to handle that iron on the dinky Pro Melt guide.

[Four Fingers of Death]

Good idea, I use angle iron and star posts for most of my mods.

[Frank V]

Frank I'm using a button nose WC, H&G 50. The mould I have will make a pile in a hurry but it sure is heavy.

Wow those are nice looking bullets, the four cavities are heavy, can't imagine a six cavity.
Good shooting.

[skeettx]

HEAVY??
How about working a tandem of 10 Cavity H&G matched moulds

[Four Fingers of Death]

That's a job for Popeye and a tin of Spinach!

[LAH]

The mould belonged to a now deceased WV State Trooper. I've learned to handle it but it's still heavy.

[LAH]

HEAVY??
How about working a tandem of 10 Cavity H&G matched moulds

That's how you make production.

[Dale53]

I have been shooting more .38 wadcutters, these days, than anything else. I have a six cavity original H&G for the #251 dbl.ended w/c. The mould drops bullets like rain but, these days, it is so heavy (nearly five pounds), that it takes some of the fun away.



A couple of years ago, I bought a four cavity H&G #50 BB wadcutter which also casts beautifully. Using my standard alloy (WW's + 2% tin), they fall from the mold a near perfect .358". My Star sizer just barely touches them (just enough to not leak lube past the grooves). You could hardly ask for better. The weight, compared to the six cavity mold, is enough lighter to enable me to cast with MUCH pleasure.



The two bullet designs shoot equally well (less than 1" at 25 yards off a rest, on demand).

I have done a good bit of edible small game hunting, and often, the "Full Charge" wadcutter (3.5grs. of Bullseye or equivalent) has often been my preferred choice. It hits hard, and with suitable choice of aiming point on the game (close ones get a head shot, further ones, "through the slats") it is "down right there". VERY satisfying and the family always appreciated small game without having to pick shot out of their teeth.

Dale53

[LAH]

Dale your pictures are always nice.

[Dale53]

LAH;
thanks for the kind words.

Boy, I really did a bummer. I posted almost the same thing two years ago. It's "heck" to get old...

But, this IS a great thread and I guess I just got carried away.

Dale53

[LAH]

Yes a great thread & the OP no doubt is a good shot by now.

[Frank V]

Now you guys have me wanting to grab my poor old double cavity Lee mold & get after it.
WCs are a lot of fun as well as an exellent small game bullet.

[Petrol & Powder]

Every now and then I come back to this thread and re-read it.

Each time I read this thread it brings a smile to my face and I glean a little more information.

[Four Fingers of Death]

Now you guys have me wanting to grab my poor old double cavity Lee mold & get after it.
WCs are a lot of fun as well as an exellent small game bullet.

HaHa, I have an old single cavity Lyman wadcutter mould, it is as slow as a wet weekend, but the boolits are accurate an cut nice, neat holes.

[Clovis]

Inspirational!