Making Some .38 S&W's
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96 gr. Bear Creek bullet ... 2.7 gr. Bullseye
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124 gr. Bear Creek 9mm bullet ..... 2.5 gr. Bullseye
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Also loaded some with 2Fg Black powder. No chance to shoot any yet... broken mainspring and broken hand spring. Parts hopefully coming this next week.
It's a fun little cartridge.
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Sunday, March 12, 2023, 09:32 (626 days ago) @ JimT
I got a pile of .361 bullets from someone here....maybe AaronB? I'm down to only a couple pistols but I think they need to get out and play some more soon. I'll be interested to hear how the black powder goes. I loaded some up years ago for an old "Owl's Head". It worked just fine but, as I didn't have BP lube on the bullets, fouling was pretty tough.
Yeah ... lube can make a difference. I use SPG ...
Roger was dipping his Martini loaded bullets in...
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Sunday, March 12, 2023, 12:30 (625 days ago) @ JimT
Udderly Smooth hand cream directly before loading and shooting. It sure worked for that! I picked up some but haven't tried it on anything yet.
It is a fun cartridge.
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Sunday, March 12, 2023, 13:49 (625 days ago) @ JimT
edited by Hobie, Sunday, March 12, 2023, 13:52
Mine is a Webley MKIV and I load appropriately with a 200 gr. bullet but shoot every odd round that I get from the shop for the brass. I've shot some BP loads and they are at once fun and disappointing. It makes one wonder how people of that time found it in themselves to put faith in it.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
I imagine with the lack of internal surgery, in the 19th
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Monday, March 13, 2023, 10:56 (624 days ago) @ Hobie
century, and poor sanitation, almost any bullet wound was potentially fatal. Nobody wanted to get shot, even with a popgun.
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
I believe that! I don't even in this day and age. (nm)
I imagine with the lack of internal surgery, in the 19th
by Slow Hand , Indiana, Monday, March 13, 2023, 16:52 (624 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
It may have been heresy, but I know I read years ago that old west gunfighters were more afraid of the 41 rimfire derringers than they were of ‘real’ pistol calibers because a 44/40 or 45 colt would usually pass on through while the stubby little 41 would lodge in the body, along with dragging in all kinds of dirt etc from clothes and not so clean skin. Like Jim said, I don’t want to get shot, but I think I’d rather bleed out pretty quickly than to die of an infection over the course of days or weeks!