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IMHO using 38 Special dies to size 38 Super brass would be an act of cruelty, and would allow loading 38 super rounds in a 38 Special revolver.

Beautiful to my old eyes! My old hands would love to hold it. Wish I was still living in the panhandle's buckle on the swamp belt so we could get together and compare groups with my (ugly but...

Agree with Winger Ed. IIRC #6 shot fits. One more thing to check: does this sizing die do the same thing with other bullets? You might want to clean the die and check the fit of the central rod. (I...

RL7 is not too fast a powder and 7383 is not too slow a powder. Maybe your velocity is too fast for your alloy. Got a chronograph?
I had good results (1-2 MOA at 200 yds) with an alloy of 1 part...

Always wear shooting glasses. Paul Mauser lost an eye after testing one of his rifles. That was a consideration in his later designs, but it can still happen. Glad you are OK.

I've been happy with 3.2 grains under 152 gr lead (my nominal 147 gr molds with my alloy) col 1.145". References: Modern Reloading shows Win 231 3.3 - 3.6 gr min col 1.135 for 147 gr lead. Hodgdon...

How long is your barrel? What do you consider speedy? My format is an Argentine Mauser re-barreled at 17.75". I reviewed my notes with 2 of the powders you mentioned.
RL15: Using a Hoch GC nose...

I'd say dirty alloy and/or dirty mold. You describe dirty alloy. How do you know you don't have internal inclusions in your castings? If your boolits are irregular then your weights will vary enough...

My wife and I are kind to both our heavy steel and lightweight polymer Supers. We prefer sub sonic loads. What weight bullets are you planning on using and what powders do you have available?

What is a barney load?

For me leaving the petals on a plastic wad or cutting them off is a matter of your pellet fit and the shell functioning in your gun. In other words if your pellets are packed too tight is the shell...

Interesting thread. If you care what I do: I use a just oversize die to lube my boolits without sizing them. Why risk damaging my excellent boolits! If the sizing die kisses one of my casts that one...

Is the current HS-6 faster than the older? I did have some older HS-6 powder that I bought at a discount from a closing gun store that needed a couple of tenths of a grain more to get comparable...

What firrearm are you shooting? Do you have a chronograph?
HS6 and W540 are equivalent. I've used enough of both to be more than familiar with them. Low charges burn dirty. Soft lead bullets under...

Don, you did not answer my question in post #27.
Dusty Bannister referenced United States Antimony Corp. precaution statement that "Although antimony compounds must be considered toxic and are...

Please educate me about the toxicity of "pure antimony." We are asking about elemental metallic antimony. Got any references?

Burnt Fingers please read what KYCaster states in the link you posted. Quoting again:
"You can easily mix Sb into your alloy with the same equipment you're using now. It works fine at normal lead...

FYI when I got my antimony from U.S. Antimony they couldn't mine competing with the Chinese so they sold Chinese antimony.
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How much antimony (Sb) do you want? I have used Sb and have a few pounds extra. I'm not poisoned and neither is my family (it is used as flame retardant in children's clothes).
Special flux not...

Our family has had no problem with the 38 Super in any of various double stack magazines.
We have seen problems with the tapered 9mm Luger nose diving at the top of full magazines. By the way the...

Just did a Quick Reality Check. .38 Super brass is not scarce. I still have several thousand and you can get thousands more.

You don't need anything fancy. I just run a 357 mag case into my 38 Spec crimp die after loading powder, wad, shot and topping with an inverted gas check. Works and on spec! You can get elaborate...

Try the fit with the petals cut off the WAA12F114. Using 0 buck (what I've found in commercial 00 shells) makes life easier.

To make reasonably full use of the energy potential of the .357 Magnum I use my lever rifle. I wonder if I've put more rounds through that than my S&W 28 and Ruger Sec Six together. I do shoot more...

My wife likes the Lee 125 RF cast at 130 grains loaded to about 720 fps out of her Taurus 85. Wide meplat but easier/quicker loading than a full wadcutter. Accurate and comfortable to shoot at lot....