38 Special

I shot alot of this before I started reloading, it's cheap. The lead is too soft and will lead up your barrel - so be sure to give it proper maintenance , the powder is filthy.... But, the brass is good - i've been reloading the PPU brass a ton and it holds up great. 

I just got back from the range with this stuff.  Alec hit the nail on the head.  This stuff is extremely filthy.  It lets out more smoke than the Batmobile (this is outdoors).  The worst part is the brass itself.  Out of 100 rounds fired, 8 of them had cracked casing and jammed in the cylinder..  I tried it on two revolvers.  I would avoid this stuff like the plague.

I shot alot of this before I started reloading, it's cheap. The lead is too soft and will lead up your barrel - so be sure to give it proper maintenance , the powder is filthy.... But, the brass is good - i've been reloading the PPU brass a ton and it holds up great.

I know you have shot your share of .38 special eith all the wheel guns you own. I just stated shopping for this ammo. Any brands you recommend for range and target shooting?

I picked up a few boxes of Herters from cabelas and my local shop carry American Eagle. Is this stuff any good?

is this common on all PPU calibers, or just the 38?

I know you have shot your share of .38 special eith all the wheel guns you own. I just stated shopping for this ammo. Any brands you recommend for range and target shooting?

I picked up a few boxes of Herters from cabelas and my local shop carry American Eagle. Is this stuff any good?

 

Nothing wrong with this PPU ammo... It's cheap, it goes bang. Just a little smokey and IMO the brinnel rating of the lead is a little to low / soft. By all means, buy it - it's affordable. I probably went through 7k of these before I started reloading. Just gotta de-lead your barrel more often.

 

American Eagle is good stuff too, I went through a little of that too. Obviously anything jacketed is going to be cleaner on the barrel / smoke less.

 

I havent bought factory ammo in some time now since I reload all my ammo, But I still use lead bullets all the time for loading.

 

When your done shooting them, throw the empty brass in a box and mail it to me.

K thx

38 Special:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJtf7R_oVaw

 

 

 

Sorry - couldn't resist!