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As far as coolness, I can't hardly keep from buying the new S&W model 69; 5-shot 44 Mag on the L frame. A reloaders dream.

Simply......are non-cannelure .224'' bullets more accurate than those with the cannelure?

I am thinking of having a custom barrel put on my Smith revolver to be a dedicated benchrest wadcutter gun. What twist rate do you guys recommend? What was the common twist rate of the old PPC revolvers they used back in the day?

I have tried the Acme red 148gr wadcutter bullets in 38 and 357. Behind a fairly stiff charge of 2400 in 357 brass the bullets give off a sickening stink like burning plastic. Also benched, in both 38 and 357 brass, the bullets to not group as good as well made square based cast wadcutters. The difference is quite noticeable. I'll never buy any more.

For 9mm, Green Dot and American Select put a great big smile on my face. Great performance low power to high.

Run them through a Lee factory crimp die. It sizes the entire finished cartridge.

The term....."+P" is actually not very old. Why it came in to being I really don't know. Either a load is over a max charge or it's not.

The boom of 2400 gets the ole testosterone flowing. It's been a wonderful and very accurate 357 powder for many decades. Since the 357 was introduced back in the 1930's I do believe........enjoy!

I haven't seen any American Select for sale in ages.

Click on "Haz Deal". I just got an email from Graf this morning.

I never have any trouble with 185gr and 200gr SWC's. I seat 200's from 1.240 to 1.250. You might want to lightly file the top of the feed ramp with a round file then polish the entire feed ramp. I have an old blued Dan Wesson PM-1 with tens of k's down the pipe and a custom gun with a Kart barrel.

Graf and Sons is running a special on Vectan powders with free hazmat. Has anyone here tried Vectan powders?

I'd buy it and sell a lot of it locally but I don't know what kind of containers to put a pound of it in or where to get them?

I have an opportunity to buy a 40lb keg of Zip at $9 a pound but I never have tried this stuff. Has anyone else? I've tried other Accurate/Ramshot powders and have really liked them.

If your powder measure won't meter Bullseye well, junk it.

Went in local pawn/gun shop yesterday and found Power Pistol and Accurate #2.

I'm interested in the stableness of E3. I know Clays pressure spikes all of a sudden above a certain threshold that's why I've always just used it in low pressure rounds like 38 Spl & 45acp.

I may seem out of place here touting my Hornady LNL progressive press. Great buy for an auto indexing press........no complaints with mine.

I shoot nothing but commercial hard cast lead, mail order bullets. I am well pleased with their performance. I don't mind a little smoke at all. It tends to raise terstosterone levels and ward off evil spirits.

LOL....Did the flash out of the muzzle start a grass fire?

The scenario you speak of, loading 38 Special brass to magnum pressures was once a commercial cartridge called the 38/44. It came in about 1930 and was loaded in N frame S&W's called the 38/44 Heavy Duty and some with adjustable target sights called Outdoorsmen.

I load on a Hornady LNL, automatic indexing, never going back to single stage.

Are these bullets you all speak of better than the moly coated Bear Creek Bullets?

I am presuming Wolf primers changed their name to Tula? Anyway, I shoot them both and am satisfied and more than happy with the price.

Thanks for going to the time and trouble of doing so. Finding some more E3 is the problem now.