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Old December 17, 2017, 02:36 PM   #5
LBussy
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Originally Posted by T. O'Heir View Post
There's no such thing as .38 wad cutter brass. It's just .38 Special. The wad cutter part is the bullet shape. WC's are target bullets loaded flush or a tick above the case mouth. And no crimp.
There is sir ... it features a thinner section down to a cannelure specially located to index a HBWC bullet. See this page for a good explanation.

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For serious target work I use only cases which were originally used for loading factory wadcutter ammunition. Wad-cutter brass has thinner walls with a long cylindrical section which extends all the way to the seated base of the wadcutter bullet, whereas +P and other cases made for JHP service loads are thicker walled and have a faster internal taper intended to increase bullet pull to improve ballistic uniformity with the slower powders used for factory loading jacketed service loads.
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Originally Posted by condor bravo View Post
Yes my .38 Special Federal brass from target wadcutter ammunition has one cannelure about half way down the case that could be considered wadcutter brass. Unable to locate any on the net but that is what you are looking for.
That's the stuff. You would think there would be a better way of getting a quantity of it other than purchasing commercial or hoping for culls from range brass.
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