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Posted: Fri Aug 31st, 2018 04:15 pm

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For .38Spl a wadcutter is a soft lead tube .356-.357" usually 125gr to 160gr that fit inside the casing. It was held in place with a roll crimp right at the end of the tube. It cut a nice little hole in paper and can expand up to 3/4" when shot in a water jug. A WC is easy to cast and to size. It worked well in revolvers for target practice and SD.

If you think that those bullets are reloads I would steer clear of them. The only value is to pull the bullets, toss the powder, and reload the primed cases with a known powder load. Go with known good ammo.

As a reloader of 40+ years there are very few people I trust enough that I will shoot their reloads. Most reloaders feel the same way. I have never have blown up a gun but I have had a few squib loads of the thousands rounds I have loaded. But I have had more squib rounds shooting commie block surplus ammo than I have of my reloads.

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