[jonesy814]

I have not loaded any 38 specials since back in March, and was getting pretty low. Was about 90 degrees out so an hour in the cool basement listening to Tom Petty and loading ammo seemed a good idea.
These use a 148gr Speer Hollow Base Wadcutter and 3gr of Titegroup

I have been really busy and this was actually the first of anything I have loaded in a couple months. Pretty low on 357, so that will be next, after another couple hundred 38’s

 

[jonesy814]

I use Hornady soft swaged HBWC; have loaded them both ways (hollow base up and down) as well as loaded with a regular 38 load of TG or Bullseye seated at SWC OAL - lots of fun. I used to use Western NV/West Coast (they became Xtreme) DEBBWC, and those were harder; not bad accuracy-wise, but i find the softer ones seem to do a little better.

Are those Speers soft or a harder cast?

BTW, I buy TG and Bullseye in 4# jugs, lasts a lot longer

They are a soft swaged bullet, much like the Hornady bullets. An area shop sells these for $35.95/500. The Hornady 148gr HBWC are $24.95/250.