coated lead bullets

[Trooper224]

I use them routinely in almost all handgun rounds. I've pushed coated bullets from Bayoux to 1200 fps in the .357 magnum with excellent results.

[ranger]

I load and shoot the Bayou Bullets in my 9mm. Good to go.

[Wyoming Shooter]

Thanks gentlemen. I just ordered 1000 135 grain 38/357 bullets from Bayou. Any suggestions for a training load powder charge? Best, ELN.

[LittleLebowski]

Thanks gentlemen. I just ordered 1000 135 grain 38/357 bullets from Bayou. Any suggestions for a training load powder charge? Best, ELN.

Need more details, powder, gun, etc.

[Wyoming Shooter]

Need more details, powder, gun, etc.

Well, since you asked: S&W 65 3", S&W 66 2.5", S&W 642, S&W 27 6", and Ruger GP100MC. I haven't reloaded 38/357 in many years. My hope is to find something that will be accurate and fairly soft to shoot on paper and steel out to max 50 yards. Fire away!

[Wyoming Shooter]

No kidding! Ordered 1000 38/357 135 grain on 1/9/2018. Received in WY on 1/12/2018.

Disclaimer, I am sponsored by Bayou, but I was using his bullets long before the sponsorship. Bayou's are excellent and provide great accuracy/consistency and are in line with prices from most other popular coated bullet manufacturers. They also ship out extremely fast...if you order them on a Monday you'll usually have them by Thursday or Friday.

[theblacknight]

All of your modern coated stuff is great.

I send my dad a small flat rate of the 158gr semi wads for his birthday. I've shot enough of his thru his mid 80's 4" 686 square butt to know they work great and are lazer beams out of those guns. He likes not dealing with wax and smoke. https://www.thebluebullets.com/produ...mfr-158-38.htm

[deputyG23]

Thanks gentlemen. I just ordered 1000 135 grain 38/357 bullets from Bayou. Any suggestions for a training load powder charge? Best, ELN.

3.6 grains of WST yields about 775 FPS out of a 4” GP-100 and 725 FPS out of my ‘49 2” S&W M&P.
For a +P equivalent practice load that is still a standard .38 pressure load according to the data, try 4.6 grains of BE-86 which gives a MV of 880 FPS out of the same .38 GP-100 and 772 FPS our of a 2” S&W M60.
Bullet is 158 grain Georgia Arms cast SWC.

[Jim Watson]

Thanks gentlemen. I just ordered 1000 135 grain 38/357 bullets from Bayou. Any suggestions for a training load powder charge? Best, ELN.

Do you have any gunpowder on hand? No need to reinvent the wheel and send you to the store looking for Brand X when you have the satisfactory Acme on hand.

[45dotACP]

Any coated full wadcutter profile bullets for .38?

EDIT: Nevermind, SNS casting sells them.