Question about .38 Wadcutters

I saw that also and speculation was that the sale was clearing out the last of a discontinued product. I suppose time will tell, but my position is based on what we have seen from a "once great" American manufacturer that is no longer so.

In your shoes, I would make a plan to go forward as if these cease to exist, and then it will be like a sweepstakes winning if some how you manage to get some.
 
I asked Remington about their reloading components sometime during the last year. They informed me that the wadcutters that were sold as components were overrun from ammunition manufacture. Unfortunately, ammunition sells were really high and few bullets were available for reloaders. Who ever I spoke with claimed the company hoped to increase production.
 
First off, I cast my own bullets for rifle and handgun. Most of my shooting with the .38 Spl. is with the Lyman #359495 wadcutter over 3.1 gr. of W231. Bullets are sized to .359". Virtually any make brass except AMERC. Second choice is all the above but using 2.7 gr. Bullseye instead of W231. In the end though, I prefer the 231. Bullet alloy about 11 in the BHN scale.

I got a smoking deal on a case of Winchester match .38 Spl. wadcutter ammo. I ran a comparison against my hand load and my revolver liked the hand load better by a large margin. Factory WC 4.5", hand load 2.5". from an S&W K38, 6" barrel. Naturally, YMMV.
Paul B.
 
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