What wadcutter is this?

[Blood Trail]

Found a box of these in my garage. They’re 147 gr sized to .357.

Y’all know what these are?




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[Recycled bullet]

That is a button nose wadcutter. I used to shoot lots of those with the hitek coat. They shot accurately for me with 2 grains of 231.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

It's one of several common wadcutter designs, others being double ended, and no cap at all. They should perform well for you. Shoot 'em up!

DG

[fc60]

Greetings,

The long button nose suggests it was cast in a Magma mould.

Okay for revolvers; but, the nose is too long for bottom feeders.

Cheers,

Dave

[45DUDE]

Looks like a 358495 Lyman if it has a flat base. Lyman 358091 has a small bevel base. H&G 50 and about 4 others look similar. I use an H&G mold for that design--my favorite. I have a Star Lube sizer set up for that boolit. You can turn it around and seat flush or in a crimp groove and it still shoots good. I can shoot it in two of my 38 special Clark autos using 3.1 of bullseye. Depends on what you shoot out of=2.5--3.8 of bullseye is accurate. This boolit isn't real picky on different powders.

[MT Gianni]

I have had two 358495 wadcutter molds and neither has a nose that long. Never say never with Lyman cherries but that is my two cents.

[20:1]

It appears to be a Magma 38-148 WC, most likely from a commercial caster using Magma equipment.

[WRideout]

It does look an awful lot like a Lyman 358091.

Wayne

[20:1]

I just powder coated 500 358091s today. The pic above isn't a 358091, I promise

[Blood Trail]

I just powder coated 500 358091s today. The pic above isn't a 358091, I promise

Agreed. Close though.


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[THE_ANTIDOTE]

That looks almost like a LYMAN 358432.

[20:1]

Look at the different locations for the crimping groove. The base is different as well.

[Recycled bullet]

I screen shot these pictures from the brazos bullets web site. These are the bullets i used to buy from them before i figured out casting lead.

[StrawHat]

The first thing I thought was the Lee wadcutter bullet. I used three, 2 cavity molds to cast thousands of them. That was nearly forty years back. I have not seen one in ages.

Kevin