We all view the world through our own knot hole. Cheers!
We all view the world through our own knot hole. Cheers!
”We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, yet they are still lying.” –Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
My Straight Shooters thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
The Pewter Pictures and Hallmarks thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks
As already pointed out, cutting down the casings = increased wall thickness = swaged bullet.
hat this person did was basically "re-invent" 38 Colt Short with a casing with increased wall thickness loaded to 9mm data. "Stupid is as stupid does" and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that they are way overloaded.
I load and shoot both 38 Colt Short and Long out of a variety of revolvers - both .358 and .375 "heeled" (for cap and ball Navy caliber .36 cal with conversion cylinders). I oftrn shoot both the 38 Colt Short and Long out of "modern" revolvers - both 38s and 357s and they shoot very well for my needs.
Back to the 38 Colt Short - I use Starline brass with a 120 isn gr. boolit _ Lyman/Ideal 358-242. My load is 2.0 grains of Bulls Eye . It worked very well out of my S & W 3" Model 36 for taking care of critters on the farm.
Now for my 9mm Shield to cycle correctly with that same boolit, I need to use 3.7 gr. of Bulls Eye. Do the math . . . .
The 38 Colt Short was developed to be a black powder cartridge with a .375 heeled noolit to use in converted 1851/61 Colt Navies. I developed into a smokeless powder cartridge with a .358 boolit for 38s. It can be a fun and useful cartridge - but use common sense.
Unfortunately, there are too many fools with video cameras . . . .
Words are weapons sharper than knives - INXS
The pen is mightier than the sword - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The tongue is mightier than the blade - Euripides
Words are weapons sharper than knives - INXS
The pen is mightier than the sword - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The tongue is mightier than the blade - Euripides
Last edited by dtknowles; 07-11-2023 at 05:50 PM.
Words are weapons sharper than knives - INXS
The pen is mightier than the sword - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The tongue is mightier than the blade - Euripides
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