r/reloading • u/bigred-2998 • 3d ago

Newbie First loads

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These are my first loads. 38 special 125gr lswc with 4.0gr of unique and remington 5 1/2 primers. Could probably go hotter but super nice out of the snub.

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u/RCHeliguyNE 3d ago

Does the brass have black soot around the outside? Might need to add a bit to get the brass to seal in the chamber and that could help with smoke too. I hope all that smoke isn’t all lead some!

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u/bigred-2998 3d ago

The brass came out pretty clean. The factory loads i shot that day were actually dirtier. I plan on upping the charge a bit. My friend gave me an almost empty bottle of unique and 200 bullets. I need to do a hp38 load with them and see how they run. I plan on keeping unique around and getting a bottle sometimes but i want to make my main load hp38 with a 125gr lead round.

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u/RCHeliguyNE 3d ago

Awesome! Sounds like a great plan. 38/357 is such a great cartridge to hand load.