.38 Special Load

[Doublehelix]

I am very glad to hear about the lack of trimming for the .38 brass. That sounds horrible. It sounded believable however when combined with the roll crimp, but the last thing I wanted to start doing was trimming any pistol brass.

It sort of sounds like I can't go wrong with any of the common .38 powders, Bullseye, Unique or HP-38, and a lot of votes for Titegroup as well. I'll probably start with BE and HP-38 loads. I also ordered some SWCs from Bayou.

This should be a piece of cake. Thanks for all of the advice.

 

[singlesix]

This should be a piece of cake. Thanks for all of the advice.

Until you get a 357 mag shell in the reloader and you go to flare the mouth ....

 

[sugarcreekbrass]

I am using TG with 158 gr. Berry's for plinking loads. Because I am not using hot loads, I just use a taper crimp. Haven't had any issues in my wife's Charter Arms or my Smith Model 60. I think one reason people don't like TG for .38s is b/c the low case volume. It would be very easy to double charge if not careful.

 

[Doublehelix]

Dang, thanks for the tip about the .357 mag shell. I'll try to sort any range brass before adding to the barrel. My own brass is pretty easy to keep with a revolver obviously, so I know that will be all .38 spl unless I purposely try to punk a "friend" by sneaking in some .357 mag loads in on him! Sounds like fun already!!!