I sent Buckshot my Lyman single cav. 357446 several years ago for hollow pointing.
A few months ago Rick said he no longer did mold work. However, as you can see below he certainly did a great job on my mould.
Rick made me 2 pins of different diameters for the hollow point portion of the mould.
I specified a .160 pin as I felt that for 38 Spec. velocities ( from my experiences ) that .160 HP pin would offer some good expansion at 900 fps.
He also sent me a pin of smaller configuration that seems to be just about ideal for the 1,200 - 1,300 fps range in the 357 Mag.
With gas check prices continuing to climb, This mould should do " double duty " for my .38 Special loading and my 357 Mag. loads without the need of a gas check.
Many shooters in the past 50 years have said that the 446' would not shoot well unless you pushed it to magnum velocities.
I have not found that to be the case.
It has been my experience that the Lyman 357446 is an accurate bullet from 850 fps - 1,300 fps in my 38 Spec. and 357 Mag. revolvers.
I wonder if today's lube's have made a change in the performance of the 446' for me, allowing me to obtain better performance from the 446' cast bullet ?
Obviously many of us have access to bullet lubes that shooters in 1935 didn't have access to. We also understand more about bullet diameters , throat fit, and alloys than shooters did in that era of time.
Many praise the 358156 Lyman as a great bullet ( I certainly agree with that statement ), you have to admit this bullet looks an awful lot like the 156', it just doesn't have the g/c shank.
If you have experiences with the 357446 ( Good or Bad ) , please share them.
I, along with many others here , would be interested in reading your comments.
Ben
A few months ago Rick said he no longer did mold work. However, as you can see below he certainly did a great job on my mould.
Rick made me 2 pins of different diameters for the hollow point portion of the mould.
I specified a .160 pin as I felt that for 38 Spec. velocities ( from my experiences ) that .160 HP pin would offer some good expansion at 900 fps.
He also sent me a pin of smaller configuration that seems to be just about ideal for the 1,200 - 1,300 fps range in the 357 Mag.
With gas check prices continuing to climb, This mould should do " double duty " for my .38 Special loading and my 357 Mag. loads without the need of a gas check.
Many shooters in the past 50 years have said that the 446' would not shoot well unless you pushed it to magnum velocities.
I have not found that to be the case.
It has been my experience that the Lyman 357446 is an accurate bullet from 850 fps - 1,300 fps in my 38 Spec. and 357 Mag. revolvers.
I wonder if today's lube's have made a change in the performance of the 446' for me, allowing me to obtain better performance from the 446' cast bullet ?
Obviously many of us have access to bullet lubes that shooters in 1935 didn't have access to. We also understand more about bullet diameters , throat fit, and alloys than shooters did in that era of time.
Many praise the 358156 Lyman as a great bullet ( I certainly agree with that statement ), you have to admit this bullet looks an awful lot like the 156', it just doesn't have the g/c shank.
If you have experiences with the 357446 ( Good or Bad ) , please share them.
I, along with many others here , would be interested in reading your comments.
Ben
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