The 38 Special wadcutters shown below are all Lymans. These have listed weights from 140 to 150 grs with two of them being for the adjustable weight type of mold. Pictured from the left their numbers are:
358087 125-140gr
358495 141gr
358063 148gr
358091 148gr
358395 148gr
358432 148-160gr
358344 150gr
I was surprised to see one maker offered so many. In addition to these, there were also three or four in the catalog at lighter weight.
Can somebody help me sort through them? How do they differ? Or, what is the design idea behind their differences? I see two of them have extra thick base bands. I can understand this for rifle pressures, but is it an advantage in a revolver?
Number 91 has a bevel base for easier seating, perhaps 63 has this also. I can not tell from the picture which ones have beveled crimp grooves. Perhaps that is a feature which brought some of them into being. Are some of these hollow base? It looks like 395 probably is. 63 and 395 appear to have larger grease grooves than the others. Is this a help? Pistol barrels being as short as they are, I wonder if perhaps any amount of grease is enough, big quantities of lube being only for rifle Bbls.
Do some of these shoot better in some pistols, while other pistols favor other of them?
I thank you for your comments and ideas.
Brian