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I hate to discourage you but im pretty sure that's a felony. I know its stupid but the atf says any weapon made from a rifle must have a 16" barrel and be 26" in length. since your particular firearm...

I just saw a report last night on brassfetcher.com showing that no 38 HP handgun bullets achieved full expansion when they penetrated shallow bone like ribs, sternum or skull. .40 and .45 didn't do...

yea that's when their loaded normally. if you load them too hot the pressure pushes the skirt against the bore and creates drag, causes it to separate from the solid section of the boolit.
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wondering if anyone has seen these:
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/AMM368#
i came across them yesterday while browsing and it revived the idea for me. cant help but wonder if its a sign of...

I was just wondering last night if I was trying too hard. I picked up a new used s&w 15-3 (38 spl) a few weeks back, and I had a fair bit of leading at the forcing cone with my 2.5gn red dot/150gn...

i bought 500 158gr LHP to load up and set aside, but not because i think legislation is a problem. its cause every time a democrat gets elected people get stirred up and buy up everything that goes...

if hodgdon published a load for lil gun that maxed at 16,800 CUP with a starting charge 12.5% below max, i have to assume the powder is burning decently at that pressure. the main reason i am...

i was wondering if anyone has tried loading a CB over Hodgdon 'lil gun in .38 spl?

i was looking through the lee load manual and noticed in the 32H&R magnum data that lil gun is interesting for a...

i just got about 200 lbs of range scrap last night at the public range in the national forest. get out there an hour after dark and go to town. trick is to find a good dry spot higher up so it falls...

i had the same problem with the lee expander. its designed for jacketed bullets and hard cast commercial boolits. simple answer is to get a set of vintage dies off ebay, i got a nice set of RCBS .38...

in light of getting laid off last week :| i've though about playing with this for some SHTF ammo to feed my 60y/o 5" smith .38, since it doesnt look like i will be buying guns for awhile. or a...

yea, something went horribly wrong. if i where you i would at least want a welding glove and something thick like 3/4" plywood or the side of my truck, between me and that gun. just till i put a few...

i was loading them over 3 grains of clays or 3.5 grains of old Dupont 7625 (now IMR 7625). seated to the crimp groove and with a light roll crimp. accuracy was OK but i always had problems with...

i like to run my 6-gangs with the hotplate on high and the lead around 700F. after the pour, i touch the mold to a damp cloth to avoid taring the spur, then after i water drop them i put the mold...

not quite, i checked. hoping now that i stopped sizing them they will fire-form better to the chambers and give me a little extra room. the vintage RCBS SWC dies are on the way, along with a...

someone mentioned looking for older dies, i see some RCBS dies on ebay that say ".38 spl SWC", im thinking those might work with my DEWC crimped in the groove, or if nothing else would work well with...

seems like a pretty straight frwd situation to me. lead is softer than brass, if you put a .358 boolit in a hole that tapers to .355, the boolit is going to end up tapering pretty close to .355, a...

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they might just list what they have made up, maybe someone bought the last .358. either way i do appreciate it. thats pretty close to what i was thinking when i first started looking at...

or you could just get cowboy dies, which are supposed to size less, along with other things boolit like.
or just dont size your brass, read of several .38wc guys that dont, but i think that wouldent...

didnt see .358 on there, just .377 for the REALLY old .38 bp cartridges.




i am looking at the "m" die for .38 spl as well as "cowboy" dies, but my searches havent turned up much on how deep...

im wondering if anyone has played with reaming 38spl or any other brass really, so better accept a boolit, particularly wadcutters. factory wadcutters are expensive and rare here, and how my mixed HS...

This whole thread was a great read. i have been reloading lee 148grain TL in mixed brass for my S&W M&P, circa 1949, and have more than once thought that my brass was a problem. though i've taken to...

before i got frustrated and bought a .38 spl and a mold and dies for it, i was experimenting with 124g RN from hunters supply and the lee TL 356-124 cast with range scrap in my P95DC. i always...

my "complete reloading manual for the 9mm luger" (basically a bunch of load data from bullet and powder companies) shows rifle data for the lyman #356242 120 grain RN from a 16.5" barrel. OAL is...