No such thing as 158 gr Wadcutter ?

[Flash]

Originally Posted by Bama Man

Yep, no such thing as 158 grn wad-cutter.
They are produced solely as target bullets that "cut" a hole in the target on impact.
Everyone I have ever seen has had a super deep hollow base, thus, there isn't really enough lead to give the weight.
I would assume that someone makes a non hollow wad-cutter bullet that would carry more weight, although I would think that it would be a waste of lead.
I worked with police officers that carried REVERSE loaded wad cutters specifically for dog calls, and they would switch over to those rounds enroute to the dog call.
They were extremely wicked for that purpose.

Ain't it great? Everybody reads the OP's question differently. Bama Man prob comes as close as I read it: There is no true wadcutter made commercially that is over (nominally) 148 gr. When you get to the "158" grain weight, that is most commonly made in a semi-wadcutter shape, or a round-nose which often comes out of the mold nearer to 160 grains.

To be sure, there are smaller wad-cutters in .357 diameter, but they are uncommon. They are cast, and are of different weights, some as low as 110 grains, having a wadcutter profile, or nearly so. Some have a small bulge or "button" in the center of the nose, some have a neatly beveled, flat-nosed button, some have a nose section which has a slightly reduced diameter for ease of insertion into the chamber (and these are not seated flush with the case-mouth). But these smaller weights are not that common, and only a few strange guys like myself or pure historians cast them.


*********** THEREFORE,

If it is a 38SPL wadcutter, 99.9% of the time, it is going to be 148gr.

If it is 158gr, 99.9% it will be SEMIwadcutter or RN.

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Flash

Boy, I'm glad we got that one straightened out.
Yeah, I know - - - "It is clear as mud, BUT IT COVERS THE GROUND".