Hi Buckshot,
Wow that was fun..!
Thanks
I like how you have held the Bullets "out" a ways there in the one's shown on the Left.
Well, there isn't really a lot of case to stick them into! Since the 2 Victory models will handle 38 Special loads, if you can match the internal case volumn of the 38 S&W case with a load in the 38 Special, you can safely use 38 Special load data. Lyman lists several 38 Special loads using the 35863 WC with the casemouth crimped over the top lube groove. In the 38 S&W case if you crimp the WC in it's BOTTOM lube groove you end up with the same 1.115" OAL
I have been doing that with .38 Special and .45 Colt with Black Powder and '777' to get a little more in there, and, to lessen the jump to the Forcing Cone.
I plan to do it also for my own .38 S&W Loadings for Mr. Iver Johnson, using BP.
Why Red Dot? I am pretty uninformed on what is a good powder for What, especially once one wanders a little off the beaten path.
Red Dot is supposed to be a clean burner, and besides, Lyman shows a load using it, but in the stonger S&W M33 revolver. I think I simply backed off a grain. I would imagine that if the IJ had a tighter BBL/CYL gap it might gain another 25-50 fps? Doesn't really matter as the old nightstand revolver isn't a carry gun, and none of the boolits have bounced off the target .............. yet! It's simply just fun to shoot and it's design and age is the charm.
With a fast or medium fast Smokeless, I imagine, that if one hold the Bullet out as far as one can, it will allow a maybe better Loading with a better Charge volume to Air Volume for a desired Loading Density ( assuming one can calculate it alright which would not be too hard,) for a better push and no nasty pressure issues if trying to get all the safe ooooomph one can.
I have been brooding on that lately.
P.S.
Can you narrow your Images?
They have made the Thread a lot wider than my Screen, and I have to scroll sideways now to read things...it seems to have reset the Thread itself somehow.