.38 bullets

[Jasun]

Bought a box of .224 bullets at an auction and two of these guys were in the box. I reload .38 specials but not sure what they are or how I should reload these... i.e. COAL or charge. What would these be comparable to?

 

[Smoke & Recoil]

I'm not sure what your question is, but the .38 bullets pictured are
hollow base wadcutters...load them flush with the case mouth with a slight roll
crimp over the top.

The .224 bullets are .22 caliber.
I hope this helped.

 

[T. O'Heir]

Look like swaged WC's too.
Mind you, there was a .38 calibre bullet called a Hydro-shock(before Federal's Hydra-shoks) that claimed to expand more dramatically that had the 'pin' in the hollow. That'd explain the 'HS' on the box.
Daft marketing nonsense though. Any cast/swaged bullet will expand dramatically upon impact.
Still loaded flush like any .38 WC.

 

[briandg]

They are waxed, so no lube required. Use data specifically for hollow based wad cutters nothing else, and follow the previous advice.

 

[mikld]

I think I had some of those waaay back. I loaded them with a bit less than 3.0 gr. of Bullseye. I believe the "pin" was in the base...

 

[briandg]

yes, the flat point goes out. otherwise, you just might blow up your gun and hurt yourself. three grains of bullsey actually seems about right, but would probably be around max. Just look up some data before you start/

 

[jumpingeezer]

They are old Hydra or Hydro-Shock bullets that were originally manufactured by Alberts. They were designed to expand dramatically at low velocities.

They are base heavy and I could never get them to shoot without tumbling.
Maybe you will have better luck with them than I did. I used 3gr.of Bullseye for most of my loads. I also tried 231 with the same results.

 

[Salmoneye]

I'm with JumpinGeezer...

Those are not HBWC, and are meant to have the hollow forward for expansion...

Flush seated or just a bit above flush (maybe 1/8")...

Plenty of load data out there for that weight lead...

 

[Clark]

Why are those hollow base wadcutter soft Lead bullets with a wimpy load so accurate shoved down in the case a long way from the barrel?

How did anyone figure out THAT out?