38 special short

[bobcat93]

Any one playing around with this.
Can i cut down old 38spl brass to make short cases..my 38's are about spent at the neck of the case.
Ive even carefully annealed my 38spl brass.
Haha..just to see if i could..yep it can be done..doesnt tale much to make them to soft
Anyways i would like to cut some down into 38short and plink away.
Can i do this. Any one have load information
Thanks

 

[oldman1951]

look for load date on 38 Colt..

 

[Hoser]

A while back I cut down a bunch of 38 Long Colt to 38 Super length. Right between 38 Short Colt and 38 Long Colt. I named it the 38 Medium Colt.

I used a Dillon RT-1200/1500 trimmer for this. 2,000 cases cut down in just over an hour.

I use 38 Super load data and it is working out fine.

 

[divingin]

Wouldn't see why not. A lot of people shoot .38Spl out of .357 Mag handguns (and rifles, I guess.) You'd be doing essentially the same thing. Watch your pressures, and I would think it would be fine.

 

[243winxb]

Trimming back 357 brass gets into the thicker case walls. Can be a problem when trying to chamber the rounds, in some guns.

i have annealed 44mag brass. To keep any case head from getting to hot, its held with a wet sponge. .

223 in photo.

 

[divingin]

Trimming back 357 brass gets into the thicker case walls. Can be a problem when trying to chamber the rounds, in some guns.

i have annealed 44mag brass. To keep any case head from getting to hot, its held with a wet sponge. .

Good point on the thickness. using a HBWC (or HB anything) should alleviate a lot of the problems there.

Are you handheld annealing, or using a machine? I tried annealing 38 Spl in a AnnealEez - while it sort of worked, I don't recommend it. I now consider the brass for 38 an expendable commodity.

 

[243winxb]

Are you handheld annealing

A candle. Just playing around. Stress relieving more than annealing, i think? When the water in the sponge sizzles, brass done.

I get 20,22 firing out of my preped 243 win brass, no annealing. Winchester brand. The Redding type S bushing die doesnt overwork the necks.