Reloading demons

[knockonit]

NUTS

 

[xerts1911]

Have done two successful reloads since the demons last struck, lesson learned is it has to sit on a completely level stable surface, the Queen had a festive holiday table cloth thingy on the combination dining, reloading, misc. project table, the cloth has since been thrown in the trash.

 

[xerts1911]

Has anybody seen 158gr. Jacketed Round nose bullets for .38 special

 

[Old Jeff H]

Has anybody seen 158gr. Jacketed Round nose bullets for .38 special

Full or short jacket?

 

[xerts1911]

Full

 

[Suck My Glock]

I have seen them in the recent past. Let me check my sources. Likely, you'll be able to get plated stuff, like Berry's easily enough. But true jacket in these times is tough.

 

[Suck My Glock]

https://www.xtremebullets.com/9mm-147-RN-357-p/xc9mm-357-147rn-b0500.htm 9mm profile, but sized to .357 (.38 projectiles are normally sized to .358, but beggars can't be choosers right now.)

These are available. But that's about it right now.

 

[xerts1191]

Thanks SMG

 

[Old Jeff H]

This is the only thing I've seen lately:

https://store.tjconevera.com/si38cal17fmj.html

Not cheap, and not 158gr, but available.

 

[xerts1191]

Thank’s Jeff H

 

[Old Jeff H]

You're welcome

 

[getsum]

As I recently posted...my demon was crushing projo's.

 

[Suck My Glock]

[highlight=yellow]When your projectile decides to self-destruct just as it transits through the paper target,....[/highlight]

 

[BigNate]

[highlight=yellow]When your projectile decides to self-destruct just as it transits through the paper target,....[/highlight]

That's VERY cool! Need more specifics... Caliber, bullet, twist rate, muzzle velocity???

 

[Suck My Glock]

Apparently this was from an old Canadian Ross straight-pull 6mm Lee Navy. The bore for 6mm Lee Navy is .244, while common 6mm projectiles today are actually .243

This should not be anything that risks damage to the projectile, but some European projectiles, rather than having a flat base or boat-tail, have a convex base, where there is an inverse cone-shaped cavity. This is meant to allow the base to slightly obturate and expand just barely to fit more tightly against the rifling and in theory be more accurate as a result. But in this instance, the difference in bore diameter was just enough and the pressure great enough that the jacket base fractured and the rotational force shredded the projectile as it spun downrange. You can see the other 3 shots are rather close together, but this one, due to being unbalanced as it came apart, strayed from the tight path the other projectiles took.

 

[338lapua]

Well, it could be worse. I've been present when one of those Dillon 650s decide to detonate the primer magazine tube at a buddy's place. That's an attention-getter.

KABOOM.jpg

Bought one of the first 650 presses and Mike took it back in trade for a 1050 after mine exploded a couple months later. Still have the burn mark on the ceiling from when it went bang.

 

[xerts1191]

:shock:

 

[Suck My Glock]

So,...um,...kinda think this ammo might be a wee bit hot.