Originally Posted by
gun toting monkeyboy
You know, it is not that often you find a thread that keeps going for more than 10 years, and stays relevant. Most impressive.
I actually stumbled on to this one when I was looking for "manstopper" style bullets for my .32 revolvers. Not so much that they would be actual manstoppers in their function. But I was looking for information on the "manstopper" shaped bullets similar to the old Webley .455 Mk III bullets from the 1890s on. Seeing as you normally wouldn't expect much expansion in a .32 bullet out of a .32 S&W Long gun if the bullet is made from anything harder than the bubblegum hardness of pure lead, I was looking for something without the hollow point. Much like many of the colonial powers used in that era. Several of the posters on here mentioned Accurate Molds. I had used them before when I was doing something similar with .38 caliber revolvers. Long story short (too late, I know) I ended up ordering a custom mold from them. 3 different bullet shapes. The first is 31-100A, which is just a 100 grain wadcutter. I would normally just order these in bulk, made with swaged lead for increased accuracy. But things being covid right now, they are not to be had anywhere for less than a kidney and a few fingers. The second is 31-100x, which is exactly the manstopper shape I was looking for. And is the scaled-down version of the .38 caliber mold I developed with him a few years back. This one lacks the gas check, but considering that I am using it in much lower velocity cartridges, and it isn't a hollowpoint, that doesn't matter a bit. The last one on this mold is 31-105 KG, which is a SWC with a gas check. Mostly because I figured having one with a gas check wouldn't be a bad thing for the H&R magnum guns. And he didn't have any 100 grain bullets that were the shape I was looking for. I will post on here after I get the mold and get some range time in. But hopefully the "manstopper" rounds work as well in this as they do in .38 Special.
-Mb