Mark K
Active Member
I've generally used Berry's 100-gn Flat Base Round Nose bullets for .380 range loads.
Those are tough to find these days, though I seem to see some Berry's 100-gn Hollow Base Round Nose bullets available occasionally, though at slightly-higher prices.
I can't find any specific load data for those. I do see some old threads debating whether hollow-base bullets take up more volume in a case, with no consensus. Seems that a hollow-base bullet of a given weight would indeed sit farther in the case than a flat-base, but that the hollow would counter that....
Those are tough to find these days, though I seem to see some Berry's 100-gn Hollow Base Round Nose bullets available occasionally, though at slightly-higher prices.
I can't find any specific load data for those. I do see some old threads debating whether hollow-base bullets take up more volume in a case, with no consensus. Seems that a hollow-base bullet of a given weight would indeed sit farther in the case than a flat-base, but that the hollow would counter that....