[wfsdno]

Okay, I have a bunch (50-100) of .357 cases but no .357 pistol. Can I turn these down (shorten) these to the .38 spl length??

Thanks!! Roger

[scracer66]

Yes you could

[wfsdno]

THANKS! That is what I was hoping to hear.

Roger

[Zappa]

Originally Posted by wfsdno

Okay, I have a bunch (50-100) of .357 cases but no .357 pistol. Can I turn these down (shorten) these to the .38 spl length??

Thanks!! Roger

Yes, you can, but why bother? .38's are so easy to come by.
I think this is just the excuse you need to go get a .357
That's what I did with after I picked up a bunch of .40's at the club, I had to go buy some dies and a CZ75B to shoot them out of

[CARNUT1100]

Originally Posted by Zappa

Yes, you can, but why bother? .38's are so easy to come by.
I think this is just the excuse you need to go get a .357
That's what I did with after I picked up a bunch of .40's at the club, I had to go buy some dies and a CZ75B to shoot them out of

Best excuse ever. now, I have a bunch of 9mm cases once fired that I picked up from a guy who never reloads, and I have a set of 9mm dies. I also have a bunch of 9mm projectiles.
Maybe I need a 9mm 1911 conversion.........watcha think???

Seriously, should be no probs to just trim them down and go.

[G21.45]

Not a good reloading practice! Now you're going to have a bunch of cartridge cases that are head stamped as, '357 magnum', loaded to 38 special velocity, and 0.1" shorter than they should be.

When you've got 100's or 1,000's of rounds stockpiled, why would you want to carry something like that in inventory?

[CARNUT1100]

There is no problem in this case, .38 spl rounds are safe to use in a .357 Magnum.

[G21.45]

Who said anything about, 'safe'? So, what happens when you reach for 357 magnum ammo and come up with mismarked 38 special? I've got critters walking around here at night that I'm positive I don't want to attempt to use 38 special anything on.

[spittinfire]

The only thing I would be worried about is possibly overcharging the 38. Perhaps this isn't a concern, I just got my first 357 mag(a sweet 6" model 19!) and my dies are on the way so I don't have a lot of experience loading either round but that possibility comes to mind...

[CARNUT1100]

Fair enough....I was thinking automatically along the lines of what we can do here, where the only place you can legally use a handgun is on a target range, and it doesn't matter much at all except to your score if you stick the wrong load in.