Part 1, The Bad:
I bought some Speer Lawman .38sp 158 gr TMJ ammo at the York gun show yesterday. I was surprised to find the cases looking a little scrungy, and even more concerned when noticed what I consider an ugly crimp and the bullet appearing to be set back pretty far.
I looked in my reloading books (including Speer) and online, but could not find a published COAL for this particular projectile. They sure look short. This is the first one I measured:
Most of the others were 1.385. I couldn't find any published data for a COAL that short in this weight.
My fear is that these are crappy reloads. See Part 2 (coming in a couple minutes) for evidence of maybe not.
I bought some Speer Lawman .38sp 158 gr TMJ ammo at the York gun show yesterday. I was surprised to find the cases looking a little scrungy, and even more concerned when noticed what I consider an ugly crimp and the bullet appearing to be set back pretty far.
I looked in my reloading books (including Speer) and online, but could not find a published COAL for this particular projectile. They sure look short. This is the first one I measured:
Most of the others were 1.385. I couldn't find any published data for a COAL that short in this weight.
My fear is that these are crappy reloads. See Part 2 (coming in a couple minutes) for evidence of maybe not.