Originally Posted by
gwpercle
The 38 S&W is not easy to load for ... the .361" groove dia. causes all kinds of problems . I have tried Lee #365-95-1R sized to .361" or .362" but the boolit is rather light but with 2.5 grs. Bullseye makes a nice plinking load .
The best load is with a 148 gr. soft swaged lead HBWC , the hollow base fills out the bore and accuracy is decent . Load like Outpost75 instructs in post number two.
Seat out to 1.15" OAL over 2.0 to 2.3 grs Bullseye or TitegGoup , light roll crimp or taper crimp ,
just enough to hold boolit .
The swaged HBWC really solves a lot of your bullet size problems and cuts nice clean holes !
My dies are an older steel set of CH dies 38 S&W .
Hope this helps ,
Gary