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Thread: 38 Sp. HBWC Cases

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    Boolit Buddy hollywood63's Avatar
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    38 Sp. HBWC Cases

    I did some digging and it seems these are the preferred case for bulls eye shooting. Are these cases with the double groove about half way down that much weaker then a regular cases? Like some articles I've read.

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    Boolit Grand Master tazman's Avatar
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    They have thinner walls to a deeper extent than most standard load cases. This is to keep the case from swaging the base of the long hollow base wadcutters down.
    They were designed for lighter pressure loads. Although they will withstand full power loadings, they probably won't last as long at full power as standard cases.
    They really do give somewhat better accuracy with wadcutters than standard cases.
    When loaded light as designed, they normally last a really long time.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
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
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check