I have a Lyman 8 position press I like it when I have several steps such as size and bell a case, but I try to be careful at every step and triple check everything too.
You could also use .358" (38 Special) Hollow Base Wadcutter Bullets (I use Hornady brand). They should expand adequately to engage the rifling grooves if fired in a .361" bore. I use them in my .36 cap and ball revolvers when using a 38 Colt/38 Special ammunition with my Howell conversion cylinders and those revolvers have .375" groove rifling. Doris
@@0570965 Absolutely, the hollow base should expand enough to grip the rifling like a little "minie ball" and improve accuracy from cap and ball .36 barrels and exactly why Colt went with hollow base bullets when inside lubricated cartridges came out for the now standard .357-.358 barrels So the cartridges' would work in either barrels. They also do not need to be seated flush like .38 special target loads. They only need to be seated short enough to not extend past the end of the cylinder. This allows for more capacity when shooting black powder.
Oops My bad I was referring to .36 percussion revolver cartridge conversions I think you're using using a .38 S&W chambered revolver So if they they are .358 cal HBWC's they might well be too loose to seat and crimp securely in the 38 S&W cartridge case ,I don't know. But don't use a .38 Spl or Colt cases as they will will bulge excessively and possibly split.
you ever think about powder coating to bring up the size ever so slightly, then running them through a sizer if needed? you could go with a heavy coat (or two) of PC if you are off just by a thou or two. Also, instead of buying S&W brass at a premium, you can cut down 38spl brass?
38 S&W I think the minimum case length is 1.153" I know it can also shoot 38 short colt too, and that minimum case length is 0.76" haha but that's pushing it!
Lyman 358 molds cast a .361-ish bullet, lyman molds usually cast oversized bullets. There are a bunch of used lyman single cavity molds out there for over $50 or less.
Oops sorry just came back and finished watching your video and you did discuss possibly using 148 grain 38 spl HBWC My Bad. But they should work well and you can just seat them just enough to chamber yet be below the chamber mouth (would NOT try to seat flush as in 38 spl.) Doris
Depending on when your gun was made, Colt was reaming the barrel and forcing cone to .358. That is what is shown on original Colt blueprints. I can only assume why but I suspect it was because they were also producing the Colt Police Positive Special at the time in .38 Special. Thus they could avoid the changeover of reamers. Their reasoning at the time is they felt the forcing cone could easily swage the .004 inch difference in diameter when shooting the 38 S&W. They were shooting soft lead bullets back then with a hollow heel. That is not the case today with solid hard cast 38 S&W bullets in .461 diameter. Remington and Magtech both use .358 diameter bullets in their loaded 38 S&W ammo. The 1974 SPEER reloading manual recommends using .358 .38 Special bullets in reloading the .38 S&W. I have read that you load for the diameter of the barrel and the forcing cone, not the cylinder diameter of the revolver. Dusty, I would have your barrel and forcing cone slugged to find out what diameter they are. And I would not use .461 bullets unless you have a way to swage them down first. You can look up the serial number on your Police Positive on the Colt website and find out when it was made. Mine was made in 1926 and I know the barrel diameter is .358, not .361. You can fact check what I'm telling you on some of the Colt and reloading forums.
How in the world did you find one that is not out of time, the timings off on mine,& Colt won't fix it cause they discontinued the police positive model that i have, and everyone that i find for sale are almost always slow & out of time, also lot's of gunsmiths can't or won't fix them cause they're hand fitted parts, each part is dependent on fitting exactly with another part, just like a hand made pocket watch...???
I just got in trade an ivory Johnson 38 caliber I just started watching the video I might be getting with you find out where to load where to get my reloading supplies for it
I cast my own projectiles From Lee 125g RNFP mold for the .358 I do not seize them Because the board diameter is .361 I just lee liquid alox 45/45/10 mixture. 2.0 grains of titegroup. And a solid crimp makes an accurate load
@@Dusty_Tucker yeah I’ve heard a lot about them I’m just doing homework I need to find some black powder to use and dies mold would probably be great too if I knew where to look and what’s to make sure I’m getting
Your video is mirrored, I can tell because the clock on the wall is either showing 3:25 or 8:35, but If you are living in an alternate universe I apologize. Oh, you say you live in Canada? That confirms the alternate universe theory. Anyway I thought you guys couldn't have pistols up there. I got me an old top break 38 S&W Harrington and Richardson revolver and It has a mixed family history, so I thought this might be a fun video to watch. I mean I can't be the only one interested in these old workhorses and struggling to feed them with their anemic obsolete ammo.
It’s sad hearing Canadians talk about their being subjects . Today a guy sold me an old .38 s&w top break no thoughts of laws or anything. That’s the way it should be. Wild about the long barrel. That’s simply morally wrong. No way would I be able to deal with that
