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Old 03-12-2012, 04:51 PM
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I have 4 guns chambered in .38spl with a cylinder throat size of .358, 2 guns chambered in .357mag with a cylinder throat size of .358 and 1 L frame chambered in .357mag with a cylinder throat size of .357....

Can I buy bullets of the same size, or get a different size for the L frame that is .001 smaller then the rest?

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.001" is not going to make much difference, but since the majority of your guns are sized at .358", I would use that diameter bullet for all of them.
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Use .358 if your barrels measure .3575 or less. They will shoot OK with those throats except perhaps the L frame. You won't know on that one until you shoot it.
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