200 Grain Wadcutter

[Steve51]

I have been looking for .44 caliber full wadcutters for a long time. Just found these from Rim Rock bullets. I guess Buffalo Bore uses these in there .44 Special Antipersonnel Ammunition. Could not really find any load data but wanted to try these in my Ruger Super Blackhawk.

I tried a few rounds last week using 6.0 grains of Unique. I decided to load them a little hotter, so made a few with 6.5 grains of Unique. Went to the range today. Shot some of my normal SWC and RNFP bullets at one target and shot the full wadcutters at the second target. The full wadcutters sure make a big hole. Compare the targets and see. Don't know how these would work for self defense. My accuracy seemed worse using 6.5 grains of Unique, so I will probably settle on 6.0 grains for future loading.

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[clovishound]

Clovispup and I love wadcutters in .38. She especially likes them in her SP101 3".

Fortunately, everybody makes WCs for .38. I've ended up resorting to plated WCs as both the SP101 and my model 10 don't care much for cast. Too much lead buildup in the forcing cones.

[RetiredSeabee]

They definitely punch a clean hole.

[The Wiz]

Saw some test results on wadcutters at a website called Lucky shooters Lounge. They were impressed with the personal defense aspects of the round and these ease of recoil with .38 cal. I really like that website. Lots of tests and advice.

[The Wiz]

In reviewing my last post on this topic the website I referred to s/b Lucky Gunners Lounge.

[ditto1958]

Wadcutters need to have a resurgence. I load them for .38 special. They make excellent target rounds, and yes, they do punch really nice round holes. For self-defense, they used to be very respected. They punch those same big round holes in a bad guy.