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ISP2605 · February 2, 2006, 12:10 PM

If you've ever tried casting HPs you'd know to get a consistent, good HP cast bullet is a PITA.
I have no idea what the OAL of a HP 200 gr lead bullet. It would be in the neighborhood of .85". To get a loaded 200 gr HP to fit in a .38 cylinder would require the bullet to be seated fairly deep in the case, which results in a reduced area for the powder charge. Unique is too fast to push that heavy of a bullet the speed claimed and probably with the bullet seated deep enough to clear the cylinder length it would come close to meaning the Unique would be a compressed charge. A slow burning powder would take too much volume with the bullet setted deep enough to clear the cylinder OAL.

February 2, 2006, 12:10 PM	#11
ISP2605 Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Posts: 954	If you've ever tried casting HPs you'd know to get a consistent, good HP cast bullet is a PITA. I have no idea what the OAL of a HP 200 gr lead bullet. It would be in the neighborhood of .85". To get a loaded 200 gr HP to fit in a .38 cylinder would require the bullet to be seated fairly deep in the case, which results in a reduced area for the powder charge. Unique is too fast to push that heavy of a bullet the speed claimed and probably with the bullet seated deep enough to clear the cylinder length it would come close to meaning the Unique would be a compressed charge. A slow burning powder would take too much volume with the bullet setted deep enough to clear the cylinder OAL.