your favorite hbwc

what brand is your most accurate and favorite 148 gr LSWC ?

With my skill it does not matter but I have been happy with Precision Delta hbwc.

Greetings,

Fired from a barrel tester, the Remington always come in first place. Usually a ten-X group at 50 yards.

The other "major" brands will shoot a solid ten-ring group at 50 yards.

Cheers,

Dave

I've had excellent results with Zero and 2.7gr of WST. If you're looking for factory Federal is a good choice. I haven't tried the Zero loaded ammunition in .38 HBWC but I'm sure it's excellent as well.

Remington, by far. Zero/Magnus are pretty close, but I get leading with them, and none with the Remingtons.

Oh, and 2.7gr WST.

Clean with gasoline, air dry, dry lube with 45-45-10.

Black_Talon wrote:Remington, by far. Zero/Magnus are pretty close, but I get leading with them, and none with the Remingtons.

Oh, and 2.7gr WST.

I'd love to try Remington but it looks like that won't be happening....

Jim, what is 45-45-10?

chopper wrote:Jim, what is 45-45-10?

Not Jim but it's a bullet lube and the #'s refer to the % of mix: 45% Lee Liquid Alox, 45% Johnson's Paste Wax and 10% Mineral Spirits.

I just go with premix:
http://lsstuff.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31

- Dave

fc60 wrote:Greetings,

Fired from a barrel tester, the Remington always come in first place. Usually a ten-X group at 50 yards.

The other "major" brands will shoot a solid ten-ring group at 50 yards.

Cheers,

Dave

 What do you think makes the difference?

The skirt on the Remington are .360 and perfectly seal the bore. Imho

Where do Stars rank? I have 1k that I've been saving but if they aren't exceptional I might as well just use them.

james r chapman wrote:The skirt on the Remington are .360 and perfectly seal the bore. Imho

Yep!   Totally beyond me why all the other manufacturer's wadcutters are sized to .357".   I cast my own HBWC's, and they come out of the mould at .360"

Don

the old stars were pretty darn good. at least in my Clark 38s... shoot them at the long line and see

Magnus HBWC are very good these days.

45-45-10 is the cats' a** for leading issues.

on the 45-45-10 depending on the existing lube I some times simply over coat the bullets... quite often on wax lubes... the old star lube was nasty at times so I wash it off with mineral spirits.