Morning all, I inherited roughly guessing 500 rounds of Hi tech coated cast 95gr .380 bullets. The boxes state he used CC primers, charged with 2.7 - 2.8 gr of HP38. Here's the question some of the rounds measured .935 to .983, isn't that .935 too short? I really don't want to have things go boom in the paws.
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Question on 380 Cast 95gr with HP38
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ligonierbill
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Well, the computer says you should be well below spec MAP. The real issue for me is simply shooting someone else's loads. Are you sure that charge is accurate? Easy to double charge. I would not fire them.
I too am leery of shooting other peoples hand loads or even my hand loads in other peoples firearms.. Especially when it come to auto load pistols. Just too many variables. Heck, I even shy away from the remanufactured stuff that many shops sell or that can be found at many of the gun shows.
Here's another vote for not shooting them. I won't shoot anyone's reloads but my own...even my son's loads...In 50+ years of loading my own, I've had one over charge, my fault, no damage to gun, bystanders, nor myself...I take responsibility for my own actions and with limited time left in this wonderful game, I'll not risk someone else's inattention to detail. Rod
PolarFBear
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500 rounds. that is a lot of "little"bullets to disassemble. What is the best way. I would be chagrined to have to bang out 500 rounds on a kinetic puller. I have never used a collet puller. Doesn't the collet destroy the bullet on removal?
ligonierbill
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I use a RCBS collet puller, and it is usually kind to bullets. However, if you have, say, a big .45 cast bullet heavily crimped, tough sledding. Still a pain, but those taper crimped .380s would be no problem.
There are people who get the shivers when this stuff comes up.
It's n abiding principle of mine to never stick someone else's loads n my gun, but I will shoot their gun with their ammo. I pulled a lot of rounds that I received, burned the powder, melted down the bullets, and used the brass. Never again, any ammo that I can't identify goes into a bin for destruction.
Never an exception. Not even a single round. Throwing away ten boxes of reloads is hard to do,and you're going to get varying advice.
Imo, use a kinetic puller, resize and expand the primer brass with the pin out. Load as normal with the pulled bullets if they are undamaged.
It's n abiding principle of mine to never stick someone else's loads n my gun, but I will shoot their gun with their ammo. I pulled a lot of rounds that I received, burned the powder, melted down the bullets, and used the brass. Never again, any ammo that I can't identify goes into a bin for destruction.
Never an exception. Not even a single round. Throwing away ten boxes of reloads is hard to do,and you're going to get varying advice.
Imo, use a kinetic puller, resize and expand the primer brass with the pin out. Load as normal with the pulled bullets if they are undamaged.