had a nice package in the mail today. 300 WC cases and a very nice Hensley & Gibbs #50 4 cavity mould.

wow nice package.

.....but I honestly want to know. Is there something different about those cases? I too, think those are pretty cool, nice packaging, but just got to wondering if there was something internally that made them more suitable for wadcutter usage. Or is that empty wadcutter ammo?

Nice stuff, Maynard!

Otony

the answer is there is a difference.

Per Ed Harris (well known bullet caster), "Wad-cutter brass has thinner walls with a long cylindrical section which extends all the way to the seated base of the wadcutter bullet, whereas +P and other cases made for JHP service loads are thicker walled and have a faster internal taper intended to increase bullet pull to improve ballistic uniformity with the slower powders used for factory loading jacketed service loads."

It's definitely different than +P brass. Here's what it looks like...

did you mean 52s? I've always wanted one. You really have to follow-through with them. Pretty interesting.

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IIRC, the cannelure around the case results in a ridge on the inside upon which the base of the waddcutter bears when loaded properly, making for one more difference.

That is what I figuredd, but I wanted to be sure.

Funny, I tried to use en+visioned and was informed that that was a forbidden word.

Otony

Here's a great article, which partially addresses why wadcutter brass is different. It's just a cool article in general.

http://www.hensleygibbs.com/TCD/articles/75000wadcutters.htm

Looked at this thread often.

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Are the WC cases marked specially?

Would you know if .32SWL also has a WC case? Might explain why I had so danged much trouble loading them...

I would have to look up the answer to the 32 question. I've never seen any.

But no headstamp I assume.

headstamp to eliminate variables. In my case, R-P.