Another Ammo Question
OK, now that you wise folks have schooled me somewhat on the specs and differences in .38 caliber cartridges, can you tell me what a 38-55 and some of the other rifle cartridges are all about? Like I said before, the contributions to this site are impressive in their scope and breadth of knowledge. Thanks a bunch.
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i am going to buy another 500 rounds for my sks, i want to know wether i should buy 122grain hollow points or the same weight in full metal jacket. I was thinking HP because there would be a less chance for richchet, but would they work good? Witch one? 0 -
THE ORIGINAL LOAD FOR TEH .38/55 WAS .38 CAL. BULLET (.375" DIA TO .379" DIA. DEPENDING ON WHO LOADED IT) AND 55 GRAINS OF BLACK POWDER. 0 -
I understand now, thanks. 0 -
Some of that nomenclature is pretty arbitrary. Anybody getting 55 grains of powder in that little sucker is a better man than I. A drawn brass .38-55 case is level full with 48 grains of black. And I have read that was the actual factory load. I load lighter for best accuracy and not much less velocity.
The .38-56 Winchester is a much larger case to really hold that much powder.0 -
Hawk, try it in one of the origional balloon head cases instead (style 3 vs todays style 5). 
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In the BP cartridges, it's caliber-powder charge-bullet weight IE 45-70-500. Today we often (usually) eliminate the bullet weight portion.
Early smokeless rounds often used the powder weight of the "new" smokeless powders, IE 30-30 Win and 30-40 Krag, even though these cartridges were never loaded with BP.
For the 30-06, the "proper" designation is 30cal-Goverment-1906 IOW the 30cal round adapted by the goverment in 1906
And than there are the exceptions to all the above (and it seems like there are more exceptions to the rule than those that follow the rule).0 -
purchase the book "cartridges of the world". it has all the info you will ever likely need. 0
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