Well... I bit the bullet and ordered a Benjamin Bulldog when I saw them come back in stock at Crosman a couple days back. I’ve had a Maximus for a good 2 or 3 years now and been using a hand pump, but decided I’d take the plunge as I’ve been doing a lot of .38/.357 handgun reloading the last year or so.
I cast maybe 200-300 of a mix of 356-125-2Rs that drop at .357 and 358-105-SWC that drop at .3585 I can size down to .357 if need be. I had a little SOWW set aside and some ingots of mostly pure lead I got from some sheet lead when I first got my little Lee pot. Added a little bit of 50-50 solder for fill but wasn’t gunning on a specific percentage... use a few inches to get it to fill and them to pop a bit. Still reading up on to lube or not to lube and if so, what to use as I’ve only used Alox up to now. Fingers crossed!
I was gunning for as soft as possible and I think it worked out well. A 6B pencil won’t score them but a 5B juuust barely will. A 4B chews right into them so I think I’m sitting right at 6-7 BHN.