I'm not a big believer in the newer fancy-pants hollowpoint designs, my current 38 special load is a 158 gr SWC-HP but I'd like to try something different. Looking in my old Speer #8 reloading manual, I see that they used to make a swaged 148 gr bevel-base wadcutter, in addition to the hollow-base wadcutter. Apparently it was discontinued and all they make now is the HB version. I'd like to load up some full wadcutter self-defense loads, but the hollowbase bullets tend to have skirt separations when loaded up above light target velocities. I think you can avoid HBWC skirt separations by reverse-loading them, but then you get tumbling.
Does anyone manufacture a swaged or soft cast (not hardcast) bevel-base or double-end wadcutter?