"Everything in life is really simple, provided you don’t know a f—–g thing about it." - Kevin D. Williamson
Last time I bought Wadcutters was about a year ago from Federal’s website for Gold Medal Match and it was just over a dollar per round. I only got it for my 642.
Glad I cast and reload my own.
I put the Compact Lett grips on my 6 shot blued GP100. I can't explain why but it changes the feel of the entire gun and makes it feel more like a K-frame, or at least something noticeably handier. I'm sure it will be a detriment to performance using full power Magnum, but I really do like the way it feels and my finger placement seemingly is a bit more optimal. I have the Hogue Tamer grips on the way for my 7-shot stainless.
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"On the internet, nobody knows if you are a dog... or even a cat."
Here are the results I got from ammoseek.com using .38 Special and 148 grains as the search criteria. Not all of them are wadcutters; the S&B have been outed as leading, the Fiocchi have been chronographed at ~500 fps, so I'd avoid them. Some of the choices are 148 grains but not wadcutters.
R-P is the only "major" manufacturer on their list. It's one of the two choices for best quality stuff, the other being Federal. They're ~$32/box of 50 plus shipping depending on where you get them from. I recently got a box of the current production stuff and it chronographed 673 fps with an SD of 8 from my M49, a little bit slower than the Federal but with a similar SD. So the good stuff's out there, you just have to look.
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"Everything in life is really simple, provided you don’t know a f—–g thing about it." - Kevin D. Williamson