Box of Colt .45 cases arrived from Starline. Now I can rotate out the batch that is starting to have case failures. If they would just get 44-40 and 50-70 back in stock life would be good.
Check their site every day. Or you will miss it. Usually first thing shows is backorder okay.Box of Colt .45 cases arrived from Starline. Now I can rotate out the batch that is starting to have case failures. If they would just get 44-40 and 50-70 back in stock life would be good.
Thanks! That's a good point. I've got the 140 ELD Match right now, but I've seen the SST's around too. I know the 123 grains were the go-to bullet for 6.5 Grendel when they quit making the 123 g AMax's. That might be a good choice if I can't find a good load with the ELD's.I went with Hornady 140g SSTs for mine. Did a ladder test and got a .448 group, which is good fir me. Been loading that one.
I see the 6.5 140 SSTs regularly, and always buy a box when I find one.
Not that it was ever a great choice, but the .32 S&W Long was a police caliber for several major cities for a long time.I found a couple of videos of ballistic gel testing comparing the .32 Long wadcutter load to the .38 Special wadcutter load.
Eye-opening, indeed.
The .32 penetrated straight line in for around 14-15", when shot through one or two layers of denim.
The .38 penetrated straight line close to 18"....
This would lend credence to the notion of lighter wadcutter loads for the .38 being possibly more effective, or at least as effective as the hotter wadcutter loads....
I think the .32 was chrono'd at about 675 fps.... and IIRC, the .38 was chrono'd at the mid to upper 700's.
That test was pretty confidence-inspiring.... at least it's way better than throwing rocks at a bad guy...
I assume that's for a revolver? The auto pistols for .38 Special pretty much all (there may be an exception of which I am unaware) require flush-seated WCs.Not just today, but the past couple of weeks I have been slowly building up my supply of .38 Special target WC loads.
Previously I've been all in on my .44s and .45s. All of the sudden my interest is now on my .35s.
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Not saying you are wrong, but I have never heard that...I assume that's for a revolver? The auto pistols for .38 Special pretty much all (there may be an exception of which I am unaware) require flush-seated WCs.
Yes. They are commercially cast DEWCs with a crimp goove. I've loaded them flush as well as to the crimp groove. They work just as well either way.I assume that's for a revolver? The auto pistols for .38 Special pretty much all (there may be an exception of which I am unaware) require flush-seated WCs.
They do. These are "old stock" that I've had for a while. I'm just loading them up to get rid of them. I've bought a few different molds lately, including several different WC molds. Once I'm done with school this summer I'm going to ease my way into PC.I've shot quite a few of those, myself..... my problem with them is that they are cast too hard, and are .357 in diameter, and they use a hard lube.
They lead some.
I have 3 or 4 different WC molds, and my cast ones work pretty well, with no leading. I've done lubrisizer, tumble lube, and PC.... it's a tossup between tumble lube and PC as to which I prefer..... the PC creates no smoke... the tumble lube does smoke a little bit, and the lubrisizer ones smoke quite a bit.