Load 2 lead Lee 105 grain SWC bullets in 38 spl cases

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TheGuyOfSouthamerica

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Hi,

A new Thing came to my mind.
Since I considered the Lee 105 grain SWC .358" bullet a Little too light for 38 spl I was thinking of an different use. I searched the Internet and found a guy sawing in half his lead 158 wadcutter and stuffing both halves into the case. So 2 separate bullets Exit the muzzle (Kind of duo-ball in an 38 spl/357 mag). Here the Quote: <<Good morning
I would do as advocated above and enjoy them.
There are a few other loadings you can try... cut a few in half with a heavy duty razor knife and load the two pieces stacked. Use the same powder charges. They are real deadly up close on varmits, wabbits and other small crittters.
Let a friend shoot a couple out of your new shooter and chuckle at his facial expresions as he sees multiple hits on a target. >>. Here the link (post #6): http://smith-wessonforum.com/reloading/147861-148gr-wadcutters-357-a.html.

I was thinking in doing this with the lead 105 grain Lee SWC. Seat 2 of those in an 38 spl case and load it to 357 mag or 9mm Luger Levels in order to shoot it from an 357 mag SAA Revolver. This will give an total of 210 grain bullet weight.

Any experiences?
What you guys say about this?

Anyone knows max powder Charge possible with These for Bullseye?
 
How about just shooting real fast.
With some shooting skill, three rounds can be fired with accuracy pretty quick, without all the complication.
If you're not familiar with Jerry Miculek, check out his fast shooting videos on youtube.com.
 
Kind of suspect 210 grains will go too far into a .38 Special case to leave sufficient space for an adequate amount of powder.
"...the Internet and found a guy..." Anybody who does stuff like that isn't who you want to learn from.
 
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TGOSA,

You could try putting the first 105 where you have it now, then put the second one in over it. That will retain what powder space you have. QuickLOAD suggests that if you reduce the charge 25%, pressure should be fairly close to the same. But no guarantees. Could be dangerous.

I've never heard of these kinds of loads being accurate over any significant range. Just a close quarters load. Note that in keeping the pressure the same, because you have to reduce the charge and have twice the mass, you will have about a third less velocity than each individual bullet would have if fired to that same pressure by itself. Penetration by each will therefore be less as well.
 
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