vincyr
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Pretty much what it says in the title. I would like to get some WCs for my Single Seven, but wasn't sure what to go with
Is there any difference in accuracy?Hollow base wadcutters will expand to seal the bore a bit better. However you can't drive them as fast as you can blow the skirt off of them.
If this is for a Single Seven get the DEWC. I cast my own and have some pretty hefty loads for them.
Is there any difference in accuracy?
Also, I have the dies to make gas checks from aluminum soda cans for plain base cast bullets. I've tried some on the wadcutters. Outside of the novelty, I've not seen the need for the gas checks on wadcutters.
For many years "Bullseye" shooting was dominated by 38 Specials shooting very light loads of Bullseye and soft swaged hollow based wadcutters. Must be a good reason...Is there any difference in accuracy?
I could say the same thing for lead in .38 Spl, but I loaded LDEWCs at full power and LHBWCs at target velocities, so of course it was easier to shoot better with the LHBWC.
A possibly interesting side note is that Berry makes a plated HBWC, but distributors rarely stock anything except the Berry DEWC. From this I surmised that the hollow base had a much lower following, most probably due to ArchAngelCD's findings.