Newbie Reloading Twit of the Day

[pontcanna]

Well, I'm not as newbie as I was some months ago, but still this one makes me blush...

Always used cast lead bullets for my various calibres, until receiving an order of 9mm and .38/357 Frontier CMJ's...I bet you know where this is going...damn, those are a little snug in the 9mm cases, gotta get one of those Lee Factory Crimp dies...dum da dum...wait a minute! Don't tell me I've squeezed a bunch of 158 gr. .38's in there????

Well, at least I didn't shoot them

 

[Ritchie]

Well, those 2 are pretty hard to tell apart. .357 would be longer though but still an easy mistake to make.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

Well, look at it this way, now you get to learn bullet pulling. Like you said, you didn't shoot them.

 

[doc25]

Too bad you didn't do the opposite then you could have just fired them. I was thinking about seeing how accurate they were (the 9mm in the 38/357) and abandoning buying the 38 cal bullets in favor of the 9mm only.

 

[(((Echo)))]

Too bad you didn't do the opposite then you could have just fired them. I was thinking about seeing how accurate they were (the 9mm in the 38/357) and abandoning buying the 38 cal bullets in favor of the 9mm only.

The accuracy blows chunks!
I have a bunch of 130 gr ".38" cast bullets (they were marked .357 on the container). Loaded a bunch and shot them. All over the place . Was about to try loading some more when I found the first indicator something else was up. With some of the thinner walled cases, the bullet actually falls all the way in. It was only after seeing this that I mic'd a bunch. Surprise surprise, 0.355 .

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[Canuck223]

The accuracy blows chunks!
I have a bunch of 130 gr ".38" cast bullets (they were marked .357 on the container). Loaded a bunch and shot them. All over the place . Was about to try loading some more when I found the first indicator something else was up. With some of the thinner walled cases, the bullet actually falls all the way in. It was only after seeing this that I mic'd a bunch. Surprise surprise, 0.355 .

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Those would have been 130 round nosed lead for the .38 super?

 

[(((Echo)))]

The container was marked "357/38 RN - 750 count" As it was only half full, I disregarded the count #.
They probably are for a .38 super. Its a 10lb dust magnet right now.

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[doc25]

That bites. I was hoping.

 

[Ritchie]

.355 should be ok for 9mm loads?

 

[(((Echo)))]

.355 should be ok for 9mm loads?

0.355 is great for 9mm.
Pontcanna stuffed a .357 CMJ into a 9mm case and doc25 wanted to try 9mm in a .38 case. Neither one is a good idea, but the first is a definate whoops .

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