Atomic reverse wad cutters

[Jaymo]

I'm confused. Exactly how many bad guys wear 4 layers of denim over their hides?
All that stiff, heavy cotton must make it hard for them to run from the cops.
Most of them I see on the news wear one layer of denim hanging off their crotches.

 

[Jaymo]

So, how does the Hornady 148 grain HBWC stack up against the Speer?
I bought a box to load for target practice.
Have long thought about loading some backwards, for curiosity's sake.

 

[perrazi]

tried this sort of thing many years ago. velocity at 750 or a little less seemed to do better than faster. use only fast burning powders and remember this isn't a 50yd. round. up close and personal they expand like nothing else at that speed. at 10-15 ft. so what if it does tip. just makes a bigger hole. you have either 5 or 6 depending on your gun too.

 

[Pigirondan]

I purchased 3 boxes of the Atomic Ammunition +P .38 Special 148 grain reversed HBWC from Midway USA. To my chagrin, the ammunition did not seat flush in the cylinders of my Model 10, 15, 67 or 638. It took a deliberate effort on my part using my thumb to seat them flush. Needless to say, removing the rounds was also difficult.

I've yet to fire any of the rounds and I'm reluctant to do so. There has never been a problem like this previously with commercial ammuntion or my handloads.

I've sent an inquiry to Atomic Ammunition.

 

[hotrod150]

I'm confused. Exactly how many bad guys wear 4 layers of denim over their hides?
All that stiff, heavy cotton must make it hard for them to run from the cops.....

How many layers of denim would equal one layer of leather jacket? Using cheap & easily obtained denim in multiple layers to simulate other clothing makes sense to me.

 

[clevolver]

Mr. Atomic Ammo,

I sent your co. an e-mail last Summer but there was no reply. Your ammo shot/shoots great in my guns, BUT there is one point of concern. Some of your ctgs. would not chamber completely in my J Frame nor my Colt Det. Spcl. and required a superhuman shove to chamber the last 1/8". I sorted out the ones that were like this and it was approx. one third of the 2nd box I had bought. I shot those up in a .357 Mag. revolver. I did not mike the rounds so I am unsure if it was a matter of the cases not being sized properly or perhaps your WC bullets perhaps being over spec. Just a heads up on QC.

I also found this to be the case -- will have to see if all the rounds in the box I bought have this chambering problem in my .38, or if some will chamber without excessive force to seat them.

 

[Pigirondan]

I also found this to be the case -- will have to see if all the rounds in the box I bought have this chambering problem in my .38, or if some will chamber without excessive force to seat them.

My concern, which I hope is in the abstract, is the tight fit may make a combat reload problematic.