Kevin makes a VERY GOOD POINT!! Leading (or the lack thereof) AND ACCURACY (or the lack thereof) is all about bullets going down a bore.

I started (and finished) handloading a loooooooooooooooong time ago. My objective was to make ammunition that was better than what you could buy at the store. I read all about all the things handloaders are supposed to do---weighing this and that, sorting stuff into lots, and on and on----seemed like the folks writing about all this were getting paid by the word. I was reading all this stuff because I didn't know any of it----hadn't really thought about it. I figured if I just did what the folks who made the machinery said to do, a pretty decent cartridge would pop out at the end. I also figured I was going to run out of patience long before I'd finished doing everything I was being told to do. I didn't have to sit and stare very long before I decided this was all about bullets going down a bore----and what was likely going to make a difference was the size of the bullet vis-a-vis the size of the bore, and what sort of lubricant might turn out to be better. Now I was only going to be loading .38 Specials, and I had only one gun, so the variables were going to be quite manageable. Then, not too long after I got started, I got one of those newfangled Ransom Machine Rests---and found out what worked and what didn't pretty much right now. And not too long after that I decided what had started out seeming to be fun was really a lot like work, or at least took more time than I was inclined to give it----and I stopped doing it.

There are two things to take away from all this chit-chat: It's about bullets going down a bore-----and machine rests don't lie.

Ralph Tremaine