Just thinking about how fortunate we bullet casters are. Last week I did some plinking with my TC Contender 357/38 Special with a red dot mounted on it. I had been shooting wad cutters, but decided to run a few swc’s though it. I checked and found I was kind of low on them. So on Friday I cast a goodly amount of Lee 358 158 grain TL’s, and on Saturday I loaded up some with 3.8 grains of Bullseye - all just as a matter of course. Upon reflection I realized I took the casting and reloading of rounds for granted, but if I did not cast or reload I would probably not have been able to find 38 Specials, especially 38 Special SWC’s. The last time I actually looked for factory made 38 Specials was probably 6 years ago, and at that time all the local gun shops had were full patch rounds. Now I just cast a few bullets and load some more. We were lucky to have had so much foresight.