CZ93X62
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There isn't anything "wrong" with swaged HBWCs. I shot thousands of them during my shop's 38 Special-only days, for me 1977-1987. That was our practice ammo, W-W Super-X 148 WCs. It ran about 715-725 FPS from my 4" Model 64, got to 750-760 from my long-gone Model 14 x 6", and the 2" Model 10 managed about 675-680 FPS. Call it 38 S&W-level. The factory stuff leaded all three barrels a bit, as did the Speer Gummy Bears. Not badly, but my castings didn't. The Hornady HBWCs didn't lead any of the barrels. Same story with the 32 caliber HBWCs by Hornady. Guess which make got rid of vs. keeping around.
I just came in from a successful search & rescue of a holster system that SWMBO "put away" for me. During that garage scavenger hunt LO AND BEHOLD--I found a couple bags of Remington 38 caliber HBWCs squirreled away in 2015 when we moved; looks like about 500 of them. I thought the Speers were "Gummy Bears", these look tar-coated. I'll snag 100 of the Starline cases from somewhere and load these up for the 642 and the Colt OMT to play with. I guess I'm back in the wadcutter bizness, at least for a while.
ETA--Well, crud......MidwayUSA has ZERO 38 Special brass, even the 25 cents apiece SIG-Sauer decadent stuff is Gonzo Moretti. Back to the drawing board.
I just came in from a successful search & rescue of a holster system that SWMBO "put away" for me. During that garage scavenger hunt LO AND BEHOLD--I found a couple bags of Remington 38 caliber HBWCs squirreled away in 2015 when we moved; looks like about 500 of them. I thought the Speers were "Gummy Bears", these look tar-coated. I'll snag 100 of the Starline cases from somewhere and load these up for the 642 and the Colt OMT to play with. I guess I'm back in the wadcutter bizness, at least for a while.
ETA--Well, crud......MidwayUSA has ZERO 38 Special brass, even the 25 cents apiece SIG-Sauer decadent stuff is Gonzo Moretti. Back to the drawing board.
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