38 cal. cast bullets

[sgtt]

Is there a particular cast bullet that is favored?  Are there stipulations in matches?  i.e. weight, shape (style) etc.

[Mason Stillwell]

Not for smokey less shooting.

NOW for Black Powder their aint nothing like the Big Lube tm Boolits for Black.

WOW they carry enought lube for a 10 stage match.

For smokey less regular cast boolits work fine.

Mason

[Singing Bear]

No matter what caliber, it's always good to have ammo loaded with lead RNFP bullets especially if you're using the same ammo in a levergun.  Don't matter what the weight is.  BUT, say for instance you shoot 45 colt.  The normal or traditional size bullet is a 255 gr. RNFP.  They sell commercial cast bullets as light as a 165 gr. RNFP.  You can use them.  Just don't say anything about using them or you'll get hacked on about being a "gamer".  

Mason said the rest.  :-)

[howdy doody]

And...........softer lead bullets seem to work better for CAS too. Some hard cast bullets seem to lead barrels. Mostly due to the number of rounds, usually about 30 per pistol and 60 per rifle per match. Way on back when I got into the game I bought a lot of bullets and found that softer ones shot better for me. I got into casting and cast mine from wheelweight now and they shoot just fine for me with no problems.  :-)

[sgtt]

Thanks for the input.  I will be using WW.  I am going to try the Lee 125 FPRN.  I fing it curious though that the round nose are a concern for tubular magazines as the venerable 30-30 is commercially loaded with RN bullets.

[Singing Bear]

They've found that the 30-30 doesn't line up in the mag tube nose to primer like pistol rounds do.  A fair amount of Henry owners have experienced mag explosions due to mixing round nose bullets and dropping the mag follower.  It's also possible to do this with "regular" lever actions if dropped on the butt stock.  Also, mfrs. do not recommend the use of round nose bullets in their rifles.  Most if not all of them have this in writing.  Basically, it can happen so why take a chance if you don't have to? :-)

Good luck with them 125 grainers..........gamer.    :lol:  

Shucks, forgot to mention.  Those bullets may be a tad short for lever action ammo.  You may have to load them long for the cartridges to properly function in some lever actions.  If they are going to be used in a lever action rifle, load up a minimum of 10 dummy rds. to test function in the rifle of choice.  If they don't work, try experimenting with loading them long to increase the overall length.

[sgtt]

Okay - I think I still have a 190 grm FP mold that I used to use in a 357 Max.  I don't know how much room will be left for powder in the 38 case!!

Seriously - thanks for all the input and info.