Just came in from the garage. I have loaded all the .38 Special that I can load — I have no more .38 bullets, so that made it easy to stop. 🙂
I figure I have enough .38 on hand now for next month’s snub nose revolver class, then enough left over for practice. I do want to get to the range soon tho (next week?) and try out the loads to ensure they’re working well.
Now to change the press over to start loading 9mm. 2000 rounds to go….
I think I should go to Cabela’s and pick up some more components, especially 9mm bullets. The kids will like that shopping trip. 🙂
What about a full wadcutter for snub load? Will it get enough contact with barrel to be more accurate? My buddy is disappointed with early tries with his LCR. Thanks………
Don’t know. Haven’t shot any full wadcutters out of my snub. Only ones I’ve shot have been LSWCHP’s (e.g. Buffalo Bore 20C/20), and those have been spot-on. But full wadcutters are traditional target shooting loads, so you’d think they’d be accurate here (well, as accurate as a snub can be).
If the LCR isn’t being accurate, I’d say do an ammo survey. Go to the local shop(s), buy 1 box of each flavor of .38 ammo you can find on the shelves that fits the acceptable spec for the gun (e.g. if the gun can’t handle +P, only get standard pressure). Go to the range, shoot off a benchrest. I’d say survey something like 3 yards, 7 yards, 15 yards (or maybe with a snub, 10 yards instead of 15? all depends how much you want to do). Off the bench you should be able to gather a bit more information on accuracy. See what works best. It may be that particular gun is finicky. If all the ammo checks out poorly, then I’d say it’d be time to talk to Ruger… maybe you got a bad gun.