Busyhands94
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Well, I made up a big ol' batch of 140 grain SWC bullets and got some Goex, I recently ran short of smokeless powder for my .38 so it didn't take me too long to put two and two together. I've wanted to try loading .38's with BP for a while, not really for any practical reason. More or less I was having another "What happens when I do this?" moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZwaJcdQ2Ps&list=UUQyanVLLSkwkvmZgcO3jrww&feature=c4-overview
I smeared some crisco into the lube grooves of the bullet and wiped the base before loading them to avoid powder contamination. The charge was well compressed and came up to about 5/8ths of an inch from the case mouth. I used mixed range brass, as with all my plinking loads.
This was so fun, that when I got home I got on my press and rolled up another 100 rounds! .38's are pretty fun loaded with BP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZwaJcdQ2Ps&list=UUQyanVLLSkwkvmZgcO3jrww&feature=c4-overview
I smeared some crisco into the lube grooves of the bullet and wiped the base before loading them to avoid powder contamination. The charge was well compressed and came up to about 5/8ths of an inch from the case mouth. I used mixed range brass, as with all my plinking loads.
This was so fun, that when I got home I got on my press and rolled up another 100 rounds! .38's are pretty fun loaded with BP!