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Yep - same dang reason I can't get anybody to mount perfectly good tires on my truck!

Hmm, I guess not! :)
OK - I know a .38 shooter at http://www.willowholecowboys.com/ who uses .38 Spl., so I'll gift him at the xmas match.

I almost always tumble reloads for 15 minutes or so to remove case lube. Never had any problems or deviations from chrono'd history. Only thing I ever saw was that the lead looked more like the...

How much Unique is in there? About 5 grains?
I'm not sure you are going to get much more out of the typical .45 ACP barrel.
HS5 might give you a little more. AL-120 and W231 are other possibles,...

Dang!
Although I (and my brother) have had a few interesting adventures with meats & knives and veggies & mandolines, turning one of the important fingers into venison sausage is *not* recommended!...

I have 78 once-fired (with a *few* once-reloaded & re-fired) .38 Spl cases (R-P and CBC headstamp, weighing a total of 334 grams. De-capped and polished.

My wife's Titanium LadySmith is much...

oh - yes - and runfiverun's advice about trying a 3.0 gr load made Jo' happy enough to run through a whole box of both cb's boolits and my 158's with a big smile. Even after I kicked that up to about...

Well, I did and He did and fun was had by all.
Both of cb's boolits over 3.6 of International were fun to shoot and very accurate out of Jo's LadySmith.

THANKS!
The helpfulness of RG forumers...

I will probably try that, too. I saw one load that used 3.5, so if 3.0 will still group decently out of her gun, it will be a gentler shoot.

When I was helping Cub Scouts with weighting Pinewood Derby cars, I used to get buckets free and any left-overs I sent happily down range, but these days just about everybody has some contractor who...

All of the above sound good to me. PM on the way. (And the offer is reciprocated if there is anything I cast you could use some of, be it boolits, fishing weights, or fantasy gaming miniatures.)

Yep - "As cast" works for a lot of situations. I do size to .001 or .002 over and heat-treat and vary alloys, too - it all depends on the gun and the purpose of the boolit. I like a mix of 92/2/6 for...

Mostly I use Kroil & JB, but Hoppe's makes a decent lead remover and Butch's Boreshine does copper. On the guns I have Ultra-Coated, I just don't get copper build-up (and don't use the JB!).

I...

Thanks folks.
Yes, powder choice is the big stumbling block. My inventories are pretty much set up for my own guns, none of which are .38 or .357. (The 95 gr is for a 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP.)

I'll...

Well, I found a good thread on this in a search engine (and it is what prompted me to join the forum), but now I can't find it again.

All was about low-weight boolits and appropriate powders &...