Wheelgun Wednesday: Wadcutter Workups

Summary

This article details the author's initial experience reloading .38 Special wadcutter ammunition for bullseye pistol matches. The author used Speer 148-grain hollow base wadcutters with Hodgdon Titegroup and Winchester 244 powders, testing various charge weights from a 6-inch Smith & Wesson Model 14 over a Garmin Xero C1 chronograph to determine velocity ranges. The estimated cost for these reloads is 18 cents per round.