The back story. I was loading for my 357 pistols on my dillon 650. Some how i mixed up and added some 38 special brass to the mix. I loaded the lot and was putting them into boxes when I found about 100 rounds that the bullets were sticking out too far from the case. I then reset my seating die to make them sit in far enough. After this was done I went to check the OAL and found it to be too short. Now, I am no spring chicken at loading but I haven't been around forever either. It was only after this point that I found out they were 38 special cases. This actually shocked me as I all my brass is sorted even by brand.
The load I was using is 6gr of unique behind a 158gr swc max for the 357 says 7.5. I know that is load is over max for my 38 ( max being 5.3gr ) and I have them properly labled to make sure that I don't shoot them in the wrong gun. My question is is too hot for the case?
So to overview 38 speical case, 158 gr swc, 6gr of unique, standard primer, bullet seated to 38 special length, pistol is s&w 686 6" barrel. Do I shoot or pull?
Thanks.
The load I was using is 6gr of unique behind a 158gr swc max for the 357 says 7.5. I know that is load is over max for my 38 ( max being 5.3gr ) and I have them properly labled to make sure that I don't shoot them in the wrong gun. My question is is too hot for the case?
So to overview 38 speical case, 158 gr swc, 6gr of unique, standard primer, bullet seated to 38 special length, pistol is s&w 686 6" barrel. Do I shoot or pull?
Thanks.