.38 S+W load

Many years ago I bought a box of jacketed bullets as used in the service load. IIRC, they had been made in Italy. I've never seen any since.
As Ganderite and I have mentioned, the hollow based .38 wadcutter works well, and is readily available.
By all means, get a mould or buy some 200gr bullets in the appropriate diameter.
You may find that bullet weight and zeroing are related.
 
I don't have any great reloading formulae, but I'll comment on the perceived lack of power.
When the Brits switched from the 4555 they did extensive testing. The 38-200 issue load would tumble when it hit, producing the same wounds as the 455. Never heard of a Webley being considered under gunned.
 
MattE93 said:
Thinking about powder coating my lead loads. Anyone know where I can buy powders in Canada?
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You beat me to it, I was going to suggest learning powder coating to solve all your bullet sizing woes.

Lots of info in the cast bullet forums on the "how too's and were to get" the powder. My favorite spots to aquire powder are any commercial/industrial paint shops in the immediate area, just ask for any color overruns that they might have left over from a commercial job...I've got lots of powder for the price of just carrying it out the door, saves them having to dispose of it. lots of info on what colors work the best, my choice/preference is just a plain solid color...no fluorescent or metal flake (especially no metal flake, you don't want to be washing the bore out on your gun by sending abrasive metal down-bore).
 
What do people mean by this color works better than this one? Is it just in terms of coverage? Also I like some of the bronze colored ones to make display ammo that looks like original plated ammo but don’t know if it has flakes in it or not.

Was also going to use different colours for 200 gr vs 140 grain as well
 
Yes some folks find one color gives better "total coverage" better than another...then the next person pipes up that he has better coverage with the one previously denigrated. I think attention to detail when shaking & weather conditions ( high humidity etc.) make a lot of the problems magnify for some folks. I have had some coatings go on really thick and others really thin but cant remember ever having a coating failure that I had to scrap with any of the "solid" colors I've tried .

You sure could keep your different grained slugs easily identified with different color choices. I have done that within a certain caliber of slug with different sizing diameters... blue for .458, black for .459 and JD yellow for .460.
 
Sounds good. Thanks for the good info. For the ones on emerald coatings website listed “metallic”. Does this mean they actually have metal in them or just that they are metallic in color. Don’t want to damage a bore doing something stupid
 
MattE93 said:
Sounds good. Thanks for the good info. For the ones on emerald coatings website listed “metallic”. Does this mean they actually have metal in them or just that they are metallic in color. Don’t want to damage a bore doing something stupid
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absolutely do not use "metallic" powders, they contain metal flake to give it a "sparkle" in the sunlight and I would consider it much the same as coating slugs with an abraisive compound.
 
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