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Old 01-17-2013, 11:43 PM
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Default .358 lead bullets under 125grs any good?

Smallest that I have shot in 38 brass is a 125gr in two different bullet styles that have worked out pretty nice.

Just woundered if lighter bullets would still group in a 6" or snub nose,to give me something to think about this winter and start planing for Spring,when the snows gone.
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Old 01-17-2013, 11:59 PM
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If you are just punching holes in paper, the 105 gr Lee works.
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I have 2 K-frame and 2 J-frame snubby 38's and none of them like 125 or lighter cast bullets. So they get a diet of 158's. My 4, 4 inch 38's and 357's like any cast bullet I've tried in them. Have done some 90 or 95 grain but never 105's. The short barrels just don't seem to have time (or length) to stabilize the lighter bullets. Ivan
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Old 01-18-2013, 10:17 PM
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Lee 105's shoot great in my 3" J frame.
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