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Friar Whently · July 12, 2012, 07:56 AM

Hey guys...I'm new to reloading and I just made my second batch of 158 38 FMJ with 4.9 gr Unique. Just realized that the published OAL in my Lyman manual is 1.480 but for some reason I thought it had said 1.448. SO I ended up seating about 60 bullets between 1.455 and 1.450, and that's a difference of 0.025-0.030 from the manual's OAL. The only manual I've seen that has data for 158 FMJ/JHP 38 using Unique is the Lyman...even the powder website doesn't have 158 FMJ/JHP 38 data. I'm shooting out of a .357 revolver. The Lyman min and max charges for this are 4.7 and 5.0, with 5.2 being +P.

Guess I need to go buy a bullet puller, right?

July 12, 2012, 07:56 AM	#1
Friar Whently Member Join Date: December 29, 2011 Posts: 57	CRAP, bullets too short Hey guys...I'm new to reloading and I just made my second batch of 158 38 FMJ with 4.9 gr Unique. Just realized that the published OAL in my Lyman manual is 1.480 but for some reason I thought it had said 1.448. SO I ended up seating about 60 bullets between 1.455 and 1.450, and that's a difference of 0.025-0.030 from the manual's OAL. The only manual I've seen that has data for 158 FMJ/JHP 38 using Unique is the Lyman...even the powder website doesn't have 158 FMJ/JHP 38 data. I'm shooting out of a .357 revolver. The Lyman min and max charges for this are 4.7 and 5.0, with 5.2 being +P. Guess I need to go buy a bullet puller, right?