Brass is brass, right?

[BigAl52]

Rose Dist. Zero Bullets. Good jacketed bullets for plinking. Xtreme Bullets. great bullets for plinking also. I like plated bullets for most of my shooting. But those MCB 180 pugnose are some great hard hitting bullets for spanking that steel. If you can locate any 2400 powder for those you will be set. 2400 works good in 357.

[Kissmybrass]

Rose Dist. Zero Bullets. Good jacketed bullets for plinking. Xtreme Bullets. great bullets for plinking also. I like plated bullets for most of my shooting. But those MCB 180 pugnose are some great hard hitting bullets for spanking that steel. If you can locate any 2400 powder for those you will be set. 2400 works good in 357.

Yeah once again it's gonna be on powder and primer availability.
I'm in no hurry

[Shakey Jake]

What bullets are you looking for?

For the rifle... FMJs for now, maybe some HPs
Might get Missouri Bullet Co. or grizzly lead for the revolver.

http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mv ... de=ZBJ-38S

[Headhog]

I'll give you my 2 cents worth here on brass. Unless you plan on being a bench rest shooter, whatever brass you have will work fine. For 38 Spl or 357 Mag you will not see a difference in performance. Back in the 80's I shot custom built revolvers in PPC (Police Pistol Competition). My friends and I did a lot of testing from a Ransom rest at 50 yards looking for an accuracy edge. We experimented with all Federal or all R-P brass and also mixed head stamp loads. My revolvers both shot 1 1/2" groups regardless of what brass I used. Using bullets from a quality supplier was the key factor in accuracy. Cast bullets will provide good accuracy for most shooting you will do. We used a specialized swaged bullet that was only suitable for competition.

I agree with Forty on this the average shooter won't notice any difference in performance. Load them up and have fun.

Paul

[Kissmybrass]

What bullets are you looking for?

For the rifle... FMJs for now, maybe some HPs
Might get Missouri Bullet Co. or grizzly lead for the revolver.

http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mv ... de=ZBJ-38S

Thanks! Hopefully they come back in stock. Dime a bullet sounds great!

[Headhog]

My last remaining brain cell just fired and I forgot to mention the only brass I will toss out. AMERC brass is the pits. I haven't seen it in about 10 years, but it was pure garbage. If by chance you come across it just toss it. And don't take my word for it, just do a Google search for it and you will find nobody has anything good to say about it. May not even be made anymore.

Paul

[leverjc]

Good choice with the Starline brass. I bought 250 .357's just as the ammo crunch was starting. I have used about 80 of them several times and I am sure they have a lot more life in them.

[Kissmybrass]

Good choice with the Starline brass. I bought 250 .357's just as the ammo crunch was starting. I have used about 80 of them several times and I am sure they have a lot more life in them.

Did you have to anneal the tops? That's supposed to extend the life but seems more of a 5.56 .308 neck shell thing

[Rifletom]

Two bullet sources for cast/coated:
T&B bullets in Oregon
Missouri bullets in, well...

[Sir Henry]

When I was reloading it was usually 5,000 rounds at a time and that was enough to separate by brand. I never noticed any difference except with NATO and non-NATO brass.