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Post by Powderman Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:59 pm

O-kay, here we go....
I cast my own bullets, and have done so for years. My favorite load is the 200 grain LSWC HG 68 design. Extremely accurate when used with 3.5 of Clays, and 3.8 for the long line.
So, I have decided to go for Distinguished Revolver. I am very aware of the limitations on ammunition--158 gr. LSWC or LRN.
I looked, and looked, and found Lyman molds on Amazon.com. I ordered a 4 cavity block. They came today...and here they are...
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/bullet-casting/mould-details.php?entryID=11
Here is my question...are these bullets OK for Distinguished Revolver, used as LSWC? Or, do I have to send them back and get a true round nose design?
Please let me know....the first registered match is coming up in June, and I need to get ready!
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Post by DeweyHales Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:17 pm

Those look like they should be fine. Neil at NSK Sales could say for sure.
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Post by BE Mike Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:32 am

3.1.4 Distinguished Revolver

(e) Ammunition - Any safe .38 caliber ammunition us
ing the 158 grain round nose or Semi-Wadcutter bullet
only.

The above is straight from the rulebook. I don't see that cowboy bullet falling in either category.
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Post by DeweyHales Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:50 pm

This is what is so frustrating. That flat point says semi-wadcutter to me. The semi-wadcutter hollow points seem to conform to the rule. But, Neil has said he would disqualify someone for using one. People don't agree on even the simple rules.

Until we have a bullet design that will hold the gun with perfect sight alignment, sight picture and trigger control, it seems like pretty much any design should be eligible. The bullet is the right weight and has a flat point which makes it a semi-wadcutter.
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Post by C.Perkins Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:12 pm

In my eyes, that is a round nose flat point bullet and not allowed in DR.
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Post by Jack H Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:44 pm

To be a SWC it would need to have the small shoulder design built in just in front of the case mouth.
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Post by ChuckS1 Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:46 am

Either a Lyman 358311 for a LRN or the RCBS 38-150 for the SWC. Won't be exactly 158 grains, but they pass the design test.
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Post by STEVE SAMELAK Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:15 pm

the rules say 158 gr round nose or semi-wadcutter ONLY... not sorta-kinda. I would have to say no even though I don't want to.
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Post by BE Mike Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:12 pm

DeweyHales wrote:This is what is so frustrating. That flat point says semi-wadcutter to me. The semi-wadcutter hollow points seem to conform to the rule. But, Neil has said he would disqualify someone for using one. People don't agree on even the simple rules.

Until we have a bullet design that will hold the gun with perfect sight alignment, sight picture and trigger control, it seems like pretty much any design should be eligible. The bullet is the right weight and has a flat point which makes it a semi-wadcutter.
I can't agree with your conclusion. The whole revolver match reasoning was to be a throw back to the old days of revolver shooting, when the .38 Spl ruled and these were the bullet designs in popular use. To water down these rules would kill the spirit of the original intent.
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Post by AllAces Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:16 pm

Nope, no, na na. The link shows a profile that is not a semi-wad cutter. What you have is most likely a bullet for cowboy action shooting. I would disqualify anyone using a bullet with this profile.
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Post by Al Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:30 am

As much as I like the design of that bullet, I would concur with everyone else. If brought to my attention, I would DQ the ammo. The rules are pretty specific on bullet choice.
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Post by dstates Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:57 pm

So I'm new to all of this, but why does the profile matter so much?

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Post by Al Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:32 pm

The original rules mandated the use of 158gr RN bullets only. If memory serves me correctly, this revolver match was designed to closely resemble the stock pistols and ammo available for police use in years past.

Then, a few years back 158 RN were virtually impossible to get, so the rules were relaxed to allow 158 RN and 158 SWC. It has never been changed back to RN only.

If we want to shoot modifyed revolvers and our choice of ammo, the Harry Reeves match is the route to go.

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Post by Pistolero Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:58 am

3.1.4.e has been eliminated from the latest rule book. I have the 1 May 2012 NRA Pistol Rules handed out at Camp Perry this year. The sole reference to ammo is that the revolver must be capable of clambering and firing a 158 grain round nose or semi wad cutter .38 Special cartridge. That is it, period. No reference to " safe" or "lead" or anything else. Section 23 is also completely silent in regards to ammo. There may be an errata sheet I'm not aware of, none was provided in my registration package. Looks to me you could shoot exploding bullets as long as the revolver is capable of clambering and firing a 158 grain round nose or semi wad cutter cartridge. One may reasonably suspect a major error in the publication of the rules.

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Post by BE Mike Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:21 am

It appears that you are correct. Without any reference, .38 SPL 148 gr. hollow-based wadcutters would be allowed. I'll bet this was a big OOPS.
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Post by C.Perkins Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:33 pm

JMHO;

When I read the rules for distinguished revolver ammunition it is this...
158gr. LRN
158gr. SWC
Not 148gr.HBWC (which is a full wadcutter not a semi wad cutter).

Just saying.

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Post by john bickar Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:38 pm

Pistolero wrote:3.1.4.e has been eliminated from the latest rule book. I have the 1 May 2012 NRA Pistol Rules handed out at Camp Perry this year. The sole reference to ammo is that the revolver must be capable of clambering and firing a 158 grain round nose or semi wad cutter .38 Special cartridge. That is it, period. No reference to " safe" or "lead" or anything else. Section 23 is also completely silent in regards to ammo. There may be an errata sheet I'm not aware of, none was provided in my registration package. Looks to me you could shoot exploding bullets as long as the revolver is capable of clambering and firing a 158 grain round nose or semi wad cutter cartridge. One may reasonably suspect a major error in the publication of the rules.

 Wow. That's a good find.

Current Conventional Pistol Rules show no mention of required ammunition, if I'm reading them right.
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Post by john bickar Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:43 pm

C.Perkins wrote:DR # 99
Heh. I owe you a debt of gratitude Smile
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Post by C.Perkins Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:25 pm

john bickar wrote:
C.Perkins wrote:DR # 99
Heh. I owe you a debt of gratitude Smile
John;

I was wanting #100, but I gladly accepted #99 Smile

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Post by john bickar Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:29 am

C.Perkins wrote:
john bickar wrote:
C.Perkins wrote:DR # 99
Heh. I owe you a debt of gratitude Smile
John;

I was wanting #100, but I gladly accepted #99 Smile

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As I would have, were the situations reversed. Congrats on your DR!

(An inconsequential - yet amusing - sidenote: I got DQ'd/DNF'd in the first DR match I tried to shoot, because I showed up with what I had: a Colt Python and Federal 148gn wadcutter ammo.)
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Post by rvlvrlvr Fri Jul 26, 2013 2:40 pm

john bickar wrote:
Pistolero wrote:3.1.4.e has been eliminated from the latest rule book. I have the 1 May 2012 NRA Pistol Rules handed out at Camp Perry this year. The sole reference to ammo is that the revolver must be capable of clambering and firing a 158 grain round nose or semi wad cutter .38 Special cartridge. That is it, period. No reference to " safe" or "lead" or anything else. Section 23 is also completely silent in regards to ammo. There may be an errata sheet I'm not aware of, none was provided in my registration package. Looks to me you could shoot exploding bullets as long as the revolver is capable of clambering and firing a 158 grain round nose or semi wad cutter cartridge. One may reasonably suspect a major error in the publication of the rules.

 Wow. That's a good find.

Current Conventional Pistol Rules show no mention of required ammunition, if I'm reading them right.

There's the letter of the law (rule), and then there's the spirit of the law...and here, I think they are two different things: the letter of the rule doesn't make any mention of required ammunition, simply that the gun must be able to chamber and fire .38 Special cartridges loaded with those specific types of bullets. Nowhere does it say the competitor must actually use those types of bullets (or even the .38 Special casing) for Distinguished Revolver matches. So with a strict reading of the rules, one could argue that a competitor could use basically any ammo as long as the gun complied with the rules -- if someone had, for instance, a Philips & Rogers Medusa 47 (which could chamber and fire many different types of ammo, including .38 Special), they could technically use 9mm or .380 Auto or whatever.

The spirit of the rule is as mentioned before: competitors ought to use .38 Specials with round-nose or semi-wadcutter bullets, because that's what was used "back in the day".
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Post by STEVE SAMELAK Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:00 pm

I know many will disagree with me...but I feel that the DR & HB should shot with BASICLY STOCK guns & approximately factory loads.
If you want an equipment & ammo race there are plenty of other categories to shoot in.
Accurized guns are one thing, but I would like to accept that the next guy is on the same field as I am.

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Post by rvlvrlvr Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:12 pm

STEVE SAMELAK wrote:I know many will disagree with me...but I feel that the DR & HB should shot with BASICLY STOCK guns & approximately factory loads.
If you want an equipment & ammo race there are plenty of other categories to shoot in.
Accurized guns are one thing, but I would like to accept that the next guy is on the same field as I am.

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I agree with you; that's how I got my DR badge - stock S&W revolvers (a Model 19 and a couple Model 14s) with no work done beyond basic trigger jobs, shot with 'approximately' factory loads (though I loaded them myself, I don't think anyone would think I'm trying to gain an advantage with 158gr swaged Remington LSWCs over 3.6gr AA#2 - pretty close to the widely accepted 158gr lead bullet over 3.5gr Bullseye load).

Even then, though, there is a good amount of variability permissible within the rules in manufacturers, barrel lengths, grip shapes and sizes, trigger shapes, and thus the weight and balance of the guns used, let alone the ammunition available, and even the techniques used. What worked for me may not work for someone else.

That's not to say that there shouldn't be limits - there should, and there are, and they do basically establish a level playing field.
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Post by C.Perkins Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:47 pm

I got distinguished shooting a 6" Colt custom shop Python using 158gr LRN American Eagle ammo.
Purchased it to shoot DR and sold it after getting distinguished.
Fired double action for the short line, what a sweet trigger.
Basically rented it for a couple years or so Smile

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Post by Rob Kovach Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:33 pm

I swear I heard a referee stated that they DQ'd a DR shooter for using .357 brass for his reloads in the DR match.
 
I'm pretty sure that ref was unaware of this rule change because I asked him about the legality of me using 158gr LRN for the long line and 158gr LSWC for the short line, and he said that either of those were the legal choices.
 
Oh, by the way, the ruling was that using the different bullets for the different yard lines was OK.
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