metricmonkeywrench
09-17-2017, 08:26 AM
In a package deal from an estate sale I got box and a half of some very vintage red cardboard box Hornady #3588 .358 SWC bullets. Unfortunately my Hornady manual is a newer version which they now call this bullet a #10408 seated for a 1.455 OAL in .38 and 1.59 in .357. Does anyone have an old Hornady manual to confirm the OAL for the #3588 in .38 and .357. Worst case I can seat the bullet flush with the wadcutter shoulder and lightly taper crimp there.
I'm figuring on a starting load of 3.5g of HP-38 for the .38 in a S&W Mdl 10-6 or 4g of HP-38 for the .357 to feed a SAA. My other pistol powder choices are PowerPistol and AA#5.
And before someone gets a dope slap, these bullets DO NOT have a crimp grove to index on . Please, don't, I implore you, resist the urge...
I'm figuring on a starting load of 3.5g of HP-38 for the .38 in a S&W Mdl 10-6 or 4g of HP-38 for the .357 to feed a SAA. My other pistol powder choices are PowerPistol and AA#5.
And before someone gets a dope slap, these bullets DO NOT have a crimp grove to index on . Please, don't, I implore you, resist the urge...