![]() I load them over 3.0 grains of Bullseye or Titegroup and they shoot beautifully from my conversion. 38 Long Colt ammo loaded with smokeless powder and hollow-base bullets (Speer 148-gr. That said I have over 500 rounds of good. When shooting black powder these are lubed with black powder-friendly SPG. RN from a now out-of-business manufacturer. I do have a hollow-base bullet mold for a 150-gr. Commercially made bullets cast of a soft alloy are available from Buffalo Arms of Sandpoint, Idaho. In past years hollow-base bullet molds were not hard to find. 38 Long Colt revolver you wish to shoot is an original or a facsimile such as my “modern” conversion, then the best choice is a 145–155-grain soft lead, hollow-base bullet. A charge of 2.7 to 3.0 grains of Bullseye will duplicate original factory ballistics (about 760–770 fps). 357/.358 solid-base, lead alloy bullets weighing 145 to 155 grains loaded normally. ![]() 1 Rule is this: if the revolver you are shooting is a. ![]() 375″ barrel with any sort of accuracy? The trick was to make them very soft and give them a deep hollow base. 38 Colt revolvers were no longer produced. Colt didn’t stop the practice with the SAA/Peacemaker until 1914 and by then its other. The barrels were still being made with nominal. 38 Colt cases were lengthened to 1.03″ and the 150-gr. ![]()
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