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Posted: Mon May 18th, 2020 09:24 am

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I have a buddy that is in his early 70's and he decided he could no longer shoot 38/357. He also reloaded. He gave me a call Friday to come by and pick up some reloading supplies. He gave me 2 boxes of 500-count Missouri 158gr coated SWC, about 1000 cases mixed 50/50 between 38 and 357, a pound of unopened IMR 4227, and a Redding 38/357 die set.

I haven't used IMR 4227 but it is supposed to be a very good magnum powder but it needs magnum primers. I have about 800 in stock so I will need to work up some loads. Once I have a load it will be shooting for the cost of primers, about 3 cents per round until I run out of powder. I should get about 450-470 rounds out of a pound if IMR 4227.

The dies are the best part. I have a set of Lee dies that I have been using. Lee dies will get the job done but it is like driving a stripped down Fiat 500. The Redding dies are like jumping behind the wheel of a F150 Raptor - no slop and a precise feel. I spent about an hour setting up the new dies for 357. I will leave the Lee dies set for 38 SPL. I pressed out 54 soft 357 mag loads with CFEpistol powder once I had it set up. Range day tomorrow.

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