While at my local shooting range I noticed that they had .38 cal Winchester loads on sale for $7.99 for 50. I asked the man at the range counter about them and he suggested that the Federal loads they had were regularly priced at $7.99. Since the Federal's were not on sale, my 10% member discount applied and that made them cheaper. He said that some folks don't like them since they use non-jacketed lead bullets. I thought at once that this is exactly what I have been looking for for CAS. 158 Grain, non-jacketed, round nose. I bought 2 boxes. I know that these will be OK in my pistols (which I don't have yet), but now I am wondering if they will be safe in my rifle. I attended a New Shooter Orientation a few weeks back and they were using flatnose bullets. So my question is this; are the round-nose bullets safe when loaded in a lever action rifle.
JR