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condor bravo · May 19, 2017, 12:49 AM

What is your definition of a regular jacketed bullet, you seem to be describing a full metal jacketed bullet which in fact does have an exposed portion of the base so load them as usual. Plated bullets are completely enclosed with a thinner layer of copper and maybe that is what you are referring to as "regular" but most would probably call the FMJs as more of a regular bullet and are generally preferable to plated. Does the box describe the bullets as either plated or FMJ? It may seem odd that FMJs are not fully enclosed.

So load them the same as those you have been using with the other 185s. Not sure how you came up with COAL as .1275. There's obviously a misprint somewhere. For a 185 gr, the COAL should be around 1.175. 1.275 would be for a 230 gr round nose bullet. The 5.2 HP-38 sounds fine.

May 19, 2017, 12:49 AM	#2
condor bravo Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2014 Location: Nevada/Ariz/CA Posts: 1,753	What is your definition of a regular jacketed bullet, you seem to be describing a full metal jacketed bullet which in fact does have an exposed portion of the base so load them as usual. Plated bullets are completely enclosed with a thinner layer of copper and maybe that is what you are referring to as "regular" but most would probably call the FMJs as more of a regular bullet and are generally preferable to plated. Does the box describe the bullets as either plated or FMJ? It may seem odd that FMJs are not fully enclosed. So load them the same as those you have been using with the other 185s. Not sure how you came up with COAL as .1275. There's obviously a misprint somewhere. For a 185 gr, the COAL should be around 1.175. 1.275 would be for a 230 gr round nose bullet. The 5.2 HP-38 sounds fine. __________________ Ouch, the dreaded "M-1 thumb", you just know it will happen eventually, so why not do it now and get it over with?? Last edited by condor bravo; May 19, 2017 at 01:31 AM.