"Neck Turning" 38 Special

Good Lord, I had no idea .38 Special wadcutters used wadcutter specific brass! I have been reloading for over 20 some years for my Model 52's and never heard this. I do know that some brass has what has been called additional "crimp" lines allegedly for retention of a wadcutter bullet, but I never heard of special brass cases for wadcutters. If this is true and I have no reason to doubt this information, where does one procure this special wadcutter brass? I don't think I have ever seen it for sale, but I have never looked for it specifically.

Rick H.
 
Rick H. said:
Good Lord, I had no idea .38 Special wadcutters used wadcutter specific brass! I have been reloading for over 20 some years for my Model 52's and never heard this. I do know that some brass has what has been called additional "crimp" lines allegedly for retention of a wadcutter bullet, but I never heard of special brass cases for wadcutters. If this is true and I have no reason to doubt this information, where does one procure this special wadcutter brass? I don't think I have ever seen it for sale, but I have never looked for it specifically.

Rick H.
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The big 3 used to make it (rem, win, fed) I haven't seen them in years. You will occasionally find an old box at gunshows. It was thinner where a wadcutters would be seated. iMO it's not necessary if you use an expander mandrel after FL sizing. My Davis will routinely print sub 1" @25 with PD 148 hbwc / bullseye load with Win +p 38 nickle brass. Another popular option was to bore out a FL die a few thousands under your chamber dia... most FL dies size the case too much which swage a soft lead bullet when seating.
 
Turning would be a total waste of MY time....you do as you see fit.

Randy
 
You will never hold a handgun steady enough to get any yardage out of the benchrest tricks. Will it make more accurate ammo ? Probably but you will never know it.
 
glenwolde said:
See posts #14 & #15
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I suspect it won't provide any benefit as I mentioned in an early post, but having not tried it, I can't say for sure. If you've had experience in this area and the procedure didn't work for you, you're a step ahead of me.
 
Well, I am inspired! I think I might take up reloading the .25 ACP. In order to get the best accuracy and reliability, I'll trim each piece of brass to within 0.005" of spec, turn the case necks so they are perfectly uniform in thickness and concentric, and ream the primer pockets and flash holes to perfect uniformity. I'm sure I will also have to weigh each bullet on a digital laboratory scale and then check them for run-out as well. Think that would make a Bryco 25 accurate enough to win 50 yard target matches?:D
 
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