As soon as the rain stops, I will be doing my first cast next week. I bought some COWW ingots and acquired a new Lyman 358 RNFP and a discontinued, used Lyman 140 grain DEWC mold (along with all the other necessary stuff). The overwhelming majority of my shooting is 38 special at standard pressure or just barely into +P (158 RNFP over 3.8 grains of HP38 is my most common). I have been mostly shooting Missouri bullet fodder at an advertised 12 BHN, although I have a slightly hotter load for a plated wadcutter and a milder load for a HBWC. I am happy with how all of these shoot (better than I can, heh), so I don't think I need real hard bullets or different sizing than the .358 I have been getting. From what I have been reading I should not need to water drop bullets for my 38 loads, correct? If I end up loading .357 I am guessing that a batch of water-dropped bullets would be a good idea (or get a gas checked mold design), right? Once I have cast a bunch of usable boolits I will be trying out the RCBS 35 Rem mold I bought. I see lots of posters here using a 50/50 WW/pure alloy for rifle hunting bullets. Necessary to water drop this gas checked design?