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Real tacos don't come from Taco Bell

... and that's the REASON it works. Just joshing ya a bit.

I have a small package of "miscellaneous" due from Lee Precision tomorrow. Nothing exciting, just some backup spare parts for various tools / dies that I already have, plus a couple of "enhancement" parts (seating plug and an expander plug that more closely approximates Lyman's M die expander)...

Reloading more ammo tonight. Just like we do every night, Pinkie!

Excellent story. Stay by it with Mrs. Belt Fed... It'll work. LOL

I do appreciate your advice. This adventure with 38/357 Berry's 125gr is my first time reloading a plated bullet. As I stated, I have ONE load thus far that meets my goals, and now that I know how to "lock" the bullet down enough to get consistent ignition (and thus a consistent and reasonably...

CORRECTION to the previous: I stated, "For comparison, when the bullet is seated to a COAL of 3.400" (shoulder of the bullet just a hair below case mouth) and crimped heavily over the bullet shoulder (and used standard RCBS 38/357 expander):" The 3.400" value should have been 1.340". I...

FOLLOWUP RANGE REPORT I assembled 90 rounds using the 9mm expander from my RCBS 9x19 die set. The ID of the case necks were about .001" smaller in the ID dimension as well as OD dimension than when using the 38/357 expander. I then proceeded to load all 90 rounds with the SAME identical...

@Biggfoot44 -- Thanks for your input. You have some good suggestions that I think I'll act on. I'm using an RCBS 38/357 die set. The expander plug OD is .355" in that set. My 9mm die set expander plug OD is .353", but the expander plug "reach" into the case is much shallower that the 38/357...

[UPDATE] I've made the range trip and shot the entire TiteGroup load ladder (as given by Hodgdon's, ranging from 38 Special START up to 38 Special +P MAXIMUM in .2 grain increments) with the Berry's 125 gr plated bullets seated to 1.410" COAL, and a light roll crimp. I seated a bullet into a...

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@Pitdogg2: Thanks for the reminder about plated bullets. The thin plating is part of what has made this project challenging (I think) from the outset. Yes, they need a crimp. No, they don't have a crimp groove... What's a reloader to do? It's sorta like trying to walk across an immaculate...

@Condition1, thank you for your input. I appreciate it and I can use all the help I can get! LOL. Shooting multiple guns (more than a few). It's not the gun(s). Same wild ES in all of them (in initial tests). And they're 357 magnum revolvers, so the 38 special cartridges are already making...

Nope. I haven't given up on my quest to make the Berry's 38/357 125 grain flat point plated bullets shoot well. I somehow managed to let almost the the entire month of May slip by without working on it, but I'm back at it again. What I'm finding (I think, more testing is needed) is that these...

You're welcome. Again, I emphasize that I'm not claiming they're exactly the same. Just that an adrenaline dump is an adrenaline dump, no matter what the trigger. That and the fact that MOST of us have not been exposed to one while handling and shooting a firearm (I don't think that a fit of...