Shot some of those 358-158-RFs. They didn’t come out great to me honest. Pretty oversized (I’d have to dig out my calipers and measure but I had to run them through a 358 sizer. Didn’t relube afterwards (probably a terrible idea on my part) and managed to lead up my barrel a fair bit trying 2 different loadings of Bullseye and a range of some old Unique I still have on hand from my dad that just never worked out that great. Velocity just never walked up with a couple .2 gr bumps despite a firm crimp. Powder is probably 40 years old and might be a little tired. I do have a brand spanking new pound of Universal I’ll try instead next time.
But... I did burn a good 3 hours, shot the heck out of my P22, MkIII and CZ 457 when then .38 stuff wasn’t going too hot and remade my “bullet catcher” box. Reclaimed some lead and make a little stack of ingots tonight since it was a nice, cool evening. I’ll have to check the mold and try those 158 RFs again later. It’ll probably take a back seat to the new TL 158 gr SWC mold I got... and I still need to do a first run of the 9 and 45 bullets for those new molds I got in last week. Just never enough time...
But... I did burn a good 3 hours, shot the heck out of my P22, MkIII and CZ 457 when then .38 stuff wasn’t going too hot and remade my “bullet catcher” box. Reclaimed some lead and make a little stack of ingots tonight since it was a nice, cool evening. I’ll have to check the mold and try those 158 RFs again later. It’ll probably take a back seat to the new TL 158 gr SWC mold I got... and I still need to do a first run of the 9 and 45 bullets for those new molds I got in last week. Just never enough time...