Which mold for my fist in 38 cal.

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twoshotc
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Which mold for my fist in 38 cal.

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I have been using cast bullets in .357 swc from Lucky 13. I use them in a S&W 686 and a Rossi twenty inch model 92. They have been chambering in both 38's and 357 in the Rossi.
I was happy that both would chamber since many folks have trouble with one of the two.
I am not sure how good the accuracy is with these bullets in the Rossi. I am still working with the sights and trigger.
The load has been 7.8gr of Herco under the 158 gr bullets for .357 and 4.7gr of Herco in the 38s.
My question is -- I am considering trying to cast my own and I do not have a clue what mold to buy. I just do informal target shooting but I would like the bullets to be adequate for defense of the homestead. I realize that there maybe a lot of choices but bring them on.
It has been suggest that I try a Lee 158 rf mold. I wonder if a rf bullet will chamber in the Rossi?
thanks
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Re: Which mold for my fist in 38 cal.

Post by donhuff »

The rf bullet will chamber but it may have to be seated a little deeper in the case to make it chamber easily.

I load the keith 170g swc at 1.670" and it feeds great. But i know some have had problems with the big meplat bullets and seating them long like the swc. The wide nose bullets cause problems with oal because of the angle of the cartridge going into the chamber.
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Re: Which mold for my fist in 38 cal.

Post by ironhead7544 »

I would go with one of the Ranch Dog designs. He has spent a lot of time designing lever gun bullets. They will work in the revolver too.
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