I recently picked up a S&W Model 52. It is a .38 Special target pistol set up to use wadcutter loads. It looks like the ideal loading for these is a 148 grain wadcutter over 2.7 grains of Bullseye, seated flush with just a hint of a crimp to aid in feeding. Unfortunately for me, I am out of the soft lead 148 grain HBWC bullets that most shooters seem to prefer. A quick google search shows that just about all of my usual suspects for ording supplies online are out of them too. I can easily get my hands on 148 grain hard cast DEWC bullets, or even cast my own. But is it worth it? Could I expect anything near the accuracy I would get with the soft lead swaged bullets? I have a somewhat limited supply of small pistol primers, and I am loathe to waste them on something that might not be worth it right now. Should I bother trying with the hard cast bullets? Am I over-thinking this? Any opinions from the Bullseye Target Shooting crowd?
-Mb