My Lyman .38 Super die box is labeled for both calibers, .38 Super and .38 S&W. You might get more use out of the .38 Super function in the long run so it's worth considering if you buy a new die set.
I have not used my fairly new Lyman .38 Super dies for .38 S&W but I reloaded a limited amount of .38 S&W using a .38 spl. carbide sizer, a .38 spl. shell holder, a 9mm expander to bell case mouths and if I recall correctly the lower portion of a non-carbide 9mm sizer for a slight taper crimp. There's so little recoil you don't need to crimp any more than turning the flare back in. I did not loose any brass from resizing them a few thousanths more than necessay. For bullets I just used .38/.357 molds that were dropping bullets on the large side.
Incidently, except for selecting larger diameter bullets the same tools reloaded .38 Short Colt. For that case I could only seat bullets in a short ways or they'd bulge because it's designed for outside lubricated bullets with a heel like .22LR bullets.
Last edited by k22fan; 06-01-2011 at 02:36 PM.
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