Ed Harris--Revisiting the Full Charge Wadcutter

[revchuck38]

Got some tested yesterday.

4" M10-10
3.5gr 231 under 148gr dewc
725fps
173ft lbs

4gr 231 under 148gr dewc
844fps
234ft lbs

3" M10-7
3.5gr 231 under 148gr dewc
704fps
163ft lbs

4gr 231 under 148gr dewc
839fps
231ft lbs

Accuracy was better with the 4gr load in both and they were exceedingly mild.

Did you seat them to the crimp groove and roll crimp, or did you seat them deeper?

[03RN]

Did you seat them to the crimp groove and roll crimp, or did you seat them deeper?

The crimp groove

[Duces Tecum]

Our own Eric Gelhaus on a 3-person panel discussing wadcutters and small guns.

[Ndbbm]

Our own Eric Gelhaus on a 3-person panel discussing wadcutters and small guns.

I assume a podcast, which one? Also the latest On duty Off Duty podcast, towards the end there was discussion of wadcutters, what I think was full charge wadcutters, and a tease about working with an ammo company on, if I understood right, a wadcutter with a little more behind it for the smaller revolvers.

Jason

[4given]

I'm running Doubletap 140 gr wadcutters in my snubbs. Supposed to be 800 FPS out of a 4" bbl. Bullet is hard cast with sharp edges.

https://doubletapammo.com/collection...er-match-20rds

I have been reloading a 100% meplat wadcutter cast by Matt's bullets. I emailed him and asked him to cast me a batch with a harder alloy. He obliged me.

https://www.mattsbullets.com/index.p...b690jdr3f7gai3

[OlongJohnson]

I have been reloading a 100% meplat wadcutter cast by Matt's bullets. I emailed him and asked him to cast me a batch with a harder alloy. He obliged me.

https://www.mattsbullets.com/index.p...b690jdr3f7gai3

Both my J frames took 0.359 ZZ- gage pins in all five throats. That would be just about ideal in them. The one I tried .357 HBWCs in leaded badly, as did my GP with 0.3585 throats.

[Wayne Dobbs]

I'm running Doubletap 140 gr wadcutters in my snubbs. Supposed to be 800 FPS out of a 4" bbl. Bullet is hard cast with sharp edges.

https://doubletapammo.com/collection...er-match-20rds

I have been reloading a 100% meplat wadcutter cast by Matt's bullets. I emailed him and asked him to cast me a batch with a harder alloy. He obliged me.

https://www.mattsbullets.com/index.p...b690jdr3f7gai3

I think the full sized meplat WC from Matt's is the OEM bullet for Buffalo Bore's WC loads.

[jtcarm]

I have never figured out what I'm supposed to do with the slotted tip in any cleaning kit I've used.

Throw it away.

[Wayne Dobbs]

Throw it away.

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[jtcarm]

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The slotted tip from a cleaning kit. They’re useless.