more-What are these? boolits

[gunoil]

What are these? One on left is hp. More jars from estate sale. These are 38 special? I've Just been loading 2 years, 380,9,40,45. Thats it.

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[jdgabbard]

.358156.... It is designed to be an accurate boolit for the .357mag. But it can be loaded in .38spl brass in the lower crimp groove so that it wont fit .38spl chambers, but still has the same case capacity as the .357mag.

[runfiverun]

i'll go long with the 156, pretty dang good boolit.

[NSP64]

Time to get a 38/357:-D

[gunoil]

? below.

one of my girlfriends at work brought a big bag of 38 sp brass over to the house. Said she is buying a 4die lee set. You guys give me some tips on loading these in 38 brass? I have win231/winchester primers. I have ss washer.

[captaint]

For starters, this is a gas check boolit. Can you load them without the GC's ?? Yes, but it might work out and it might not. Just put loob in the bottom loob groove. That should be adequate. This assumes you're not tumble loobin. If so, tumble them, twice. I size mine at almost .359. Load them, using dummy cart's so that the OAL will work in the .38SPL cylinder. Find a load using your 231 and go have fun. Mike

[gunoil]

well, i will get some gas checks and try some, it will be plinking load. I have alox now, But i ordered a magma star month ago. Yep, i see the gas check ring at the bottom. I'll get here a lee sizer. Thanks.

[jdgabbard]

If loading it 38spl brass for .38spl, crimp in the top lube groove over about 4.0gr of Unique.... Thats what I do anyways...

[runfiverun]

the star will put the gas checks on just like the lee push through will.
4 grs of 231 will make a nice light load in the 38 cases.
data for a 158 should be easy nuff to find to move up.

[MtGun44]

GCs are pretty silly waste of $ for plinking ammo. In my experience,
GCs are not required for pistol boolits, but IF they have any place at all
it is for best quality full power max velocity magnum loads where money
and extra time is not problem.

Bill