#CASTBOOLITS GUNLOADS FORUM MANUALS#

Found a deal on midsouths for 30 rnd sample packs of. Don't know why they would make a boolit that you can't get data for. Their website says to use cast lead data it nothing else is available and that is pretty much in line with the charges I've been using with the OT's. I plan to call Berry's Monday and see if they have any thing to say. Actually the OT's function better than the Wins. I wanted the RN due to feeding issues with both the white box Winchester's and the OT SWC's. I've been shooting Oregon Trail lead cast 175 grain SWC over 5.2 grs of Unique with good results so since I can't find any specific data,I'm just going to use that for the Berry's and start lower. The bullet I'm wanting to use is a Berry's RN,and it really is a completely round nosed bullet like a RNFMJ. I have about 10 lbs of unique I would like to burn some of in.

#CASTBOOLITS GUNLOADS FORUM MANUALS#

Seems like the data in all of the manuals is for FP or JHP,XTP etc. 401 180gr SWC but for now I want to get away from cast. The Oregon Trail cast boolits I have been using are. I have both Lyman cast books,a Lyman 50th,a new Hornady,a Lee,and the newest alliant,and a Speer and none have data for RN. I like Berry's and shoot lots of them for plinking. I want to try a total RN profile with some cheap boolits for plinking and Berry's is the only one I've found that has them. Same weight boolits but the charge weight difference makes me wonder. I'm shooting Oregon Trail 170-175 lead cast in it now with 5.3gr unique but it's a Glock 23 that I got a deal on and I'm wanting to get away from cast boolits unless I change barrels.

It's a different profile but still a BIG difference from the same weight Speer GDHP of a start of 6.0 and Max of 6.7 unique. The Lyman single lube groove data for a 180gr is for a flat nose and the recipe is start 4.6 and Max of 5.2 of unique. I use it pretty often when using plated bullets since Berry's says to use lead cast data in my situation if there is no specific data for my boolit. I also looked at the Lyman 4th edition cast book data. I have an alliant book but their data,as you say is for the GDHP is the same as the Speer.6.7 max so I guess that's ok. You really need to slug the barrel to find out what you are working with.Click to expand.Thanks. If the bullets fit the bore they should shoot ok - if the bullets are undersized the accuracy will be lousy but the pressure will be low and do no harm to the gun. I don't believe they would hurt it if it is in shootable condition at all. If you can find some, I'd suggest loading some over a starting load of Unique and just try a few in that old Colt. 38 S&W factory load that is available as a component, however I have not measured one so I don't know the diameter. Magtech makes a 146 grain swaged RN bullet for their. This might be a bit warm for an older gun, and likely not very accurate in the larger bore. 358 diameter 158 grain cast SWC bullets over 3.2 grains of Unique. I have a 1956 Terrier that shoots extremely well with. 358 bullets, so the newer S&W guns will shoot well with. If I understand correctly, when S$W resumed manufacture of guns for the civilian market after WW2 they bored all their. 38 S&W guns (&presumably Colt as well) had bores about. OP, in a gun that old you will have to use larger bullets than. Powders on hand include IMR 800x, Unique, Power Pistol and 2400. Thank you in advance!Īlso, If anyone has loading advise for the. 38 S&W Brass and dies, but I don't know how much more money I want to throw at experimentation. Can anyone please advise as to what might be going on here? I'm tempted to place an order for some. 020' longer than the brass of the rounds that he gave me to examine, which are at least 30 years old and clearly marked '38 S Colt'. To further muddle the situation, I prematurely purchased some. 38 S&W revolvers against better judgement. 38S&W, which I understand to be a separate cartridge, despite the fact that many practice shooting. In my travels, I have not been able to find anything to support the idea that either the Police Positive or the New Police were ever chambered in. 38 Short Colt and gave me two or three of the last six rounds he had left for it, so that I could could examine COAL and bullet weight. He knows that I am an avid shooter and reload all my own cartridges, so he asked if I could make up some loads for his CPP.

My father-in-law recently approached me with a Colt Police Positive, which appears to be of an early 1900's vintage. I apologize if you've seen this post before, but I was advised that this would be the better place to gather information.

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