Professor Marvel, have you done any accuracy testing with the Lee version? If so, at what level of loads/velocities? I still have fantasies of finding a "universal" bullet for all of my .35" handguns . . . .
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Were it a hundred years ago, I'd much rather have this bullet than 358311: the 158 round nose is what gave the 38 special a reputation for lousy stopping power.
The round nose apparently helped for "speedloading" in the "then new " swing-out cylinders.... but seemed to cause deflections , such as off wiindshields, as least, according to ancient anectdotal reports.
The nice flat meplat on the Lee helps a lot, ( at least on water bottles!) but especially casting it in soft lead. The flat point also lends itself to DIY hollowpointing (if desired).
I have used it in smokeless .38 spcl, but lately, my eyes and skinny wobbley arm-things ( not to mention my body swaying in the breeze)
are leading to less-than-optimal accuracy testing. I can't bring myself to spend the bucks on a Ransom Rest, and have not yet found a
cheap frugal alternative,
So I am resorting to sandbags, but that does not adress the ol' eyeball issues.
Even so, I seem to be one of the ONLY people running the paper back to 60 feet and doing "slow fire". All the X-gen, Y-gen and etc seem to want to play
"mag dump" at ~ 12 feet
I do have a modernisch 8" long-barrel for my Dan Wesson that I plan to hang a scope on, so that, along with sandbags (and the insanley wonderful trigger ) should alleviate
the "me " factors.
As far as any leading issue when using pure or very soft lead, Since I
don't am no longer shooting "that fast" or "that much" at a time, leading and cleaning
is not a great difficulty for me. I have also found that fitting the lead bullet to the bore, and keeping the velocity under 1k fps, and/ or not using a really hot (temperature wise)
powder seems to keep leading from occurring.
And good lube.
And holding one's tongue in the right corner of the mouth.
yhs
prof wobbly