I've got some boolits that were given to me for a 9MM pistol I no longer have and I'd like to use them up. They appear to have been cast with a Lyman #358242 mold near as I can tell. Lead round nose, weights from 121 to 124 (after lube/size, mostly 121) with the what appears to be wheel weight lead. They're not pure soft, but they're not Lyman #2 hard either. The diameter is appropriate for the groove diameters I have.
I've got a couple .357's and a scadmium .38 special snub I'd like to use these up in if I could, but I've have trouble finding a load for this boolit and the powders I have on hand.
I have a pound or so of W231 I'd like to use up if I could. Preferably I'd like to get rid of both the boolits and use up all the W231 if I load nothing else with W231 any more and I have new molds I'll be using the future.
I've got enough of these boolits to load probably 300 or so rounds and they're size/lubed, so I hate to melt them down and throw away the labor of the man who gave them to me.
Can someone advise on a load range for these boolits with the W231? I'd like something reasonably warm to simulate a .38 special +P for practice if I could, as that's what my wife carries.
Thank you,
Dave