Ive been loading a batch of 38s that have my first home cast bullets loaded in them. Some of my bullets are a little but ugly, but I am solving some of my problems on my next batch. A single eye cook top to keep my mold hot and a 1000 degree thermometer to watch the temp. The loading has taken place on a single stage not the Dillon and I've had more time to look at the brass and bullets. I was surprised to find that some of my brass is S&W head stamped. never knew they had ever made brass or ammo. Then I was sizing another batch of brass and had the decap pin pull out of the sizing die and get stuck in the flash hole of some older Western brass. I first I thought maybe one had slipped through and got in to loaded ammo with a small flash hole. But I now have about a dozen and counting that have the same small flash hole. Does anybody have any idea why they would make the flash holes so small? Before my 38 batch I loaded a batch of 45acp with a box of Barrys copper plated bullets I am curious to see how these shoot I am hoping I didn't crimp too much and cut the plating in two.