.38 S&W components?

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River City John

#40
December 14, 2010, 03:38:26 PM
Quote from: Will Ketchum on November 22, 2010, 03:00:19 PM
Boy I miss it already :'(.  It only holds 5 rounds doesn't it?

Will Ketchum


Pete, got to fooling around with it and by golly, it is a six-shooter!

RCJ

Steel Horse,
I'm hoping this likes 158gr.
I suppose I could order a few of the .360 125gr for testing.

RCJ
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Steel Horse Bailey

#41
December 14, 2010, 04:17:55 PM
Quote from: River City John on December 14, 2010, 03:38:26 PM

Pete, got to fooling around with it and by golly, it is a six-shooter!

RCJ

Steel Horse,
I'm hoping this likes 158gr.
I suppose I could order a few of the .360 125gr for testing.

RCJ


I sure would - they'd be a perfect fit to the published (everywhere except Lee, perhaps) dimensions.

;)
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River City John

#42
January 03, 2011, 10:01:05 PM
I also have some Big LubesTM in .38 sized .360 coming from Mark Whyte to play with. These the 125 grain.

RCJ
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
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Steel Horse Bailey

#43
January 04, 2011, 05:28:04 PM
Quote from: River City John on January 03, 2011, 10:01:05 PM
I also have some Big LubesTM in .38 sized .360 coming from Mark Whyte to play with. These the 125 grain.

RCJ


One of the reasons I like the smaller boolits is the reduced recoil due to the laws of physics.  My Pocket Pistol in 38 S&W was made before 1905 (near as I've been able to find) and I feel like it has served its time already, so I'm gonna feed it easy loads - 'tho I DO fill the case with 3F, so they're NOT mouse phart loads.  The 15 or 20 factory loads I've fired out of it were digested with no trouble or bad signs, however.  I just want to give the old piece as much of a break as I can - no need to push the issue!

;)
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Montana Slim

#44
January 04, 2011, 09:20:20 PM
I've tried 100 , 125, 147 & 158 grain bullets...as a result, think the 125's are the most suitable for the .38 S&W, with black or even smokeless for use in the breaktop revolvers. All will shoot adequate at 5-10 yards, but I find the 125 grain is better for longer range (the guns will shoot well out to and beyond 50 yds). The 125 also allows a bit more velocity (especially with BP) and also keeps allows decent velocity/pressure while using smokeless. Bullets size?? well, I've used .358 diameter with good result....my latest mold purchased is designed for the 9mm pistol & I use these bullets unsized.

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River City John

#45
January 04, 2011, 10:06:07 PM
Thanks for the info, Montana Slim and Steel Horse.
I've decided to start with the 125gr from the get go for this little gem as I don't want to risk beating it up. Mr. Whyte suggested the same sage advice.

RCJ
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
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Steel Horse Bailey

#46
January 04, 2011, 10:21:41 PM
Great minds think alike.


And I get lucky sometimes, too! 
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