I was in San Antonio for a few days.
Met with Scott Tschirhart and he gave me some presents.
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I have not seen any of these in 30 or 40 years! The HBWC's work really nicely in .38 Special snubbies when run backwards. They tend to get quite large. I was visiting with Tom Ferguson years ago and he told me about shooting a guy with that load. It was an immediate end to hostilities. The Coroner did not believe him when he told him he used a .38 Special.
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very nice!
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Tuesday, October 07, 2025, 07:49 (1 day, 19 hours, 51 min. ago) @ JimT
I snot a bunch of HBWC’s that were swaged by a local company long since gone, Star Bullets. They were on the northwest side of town and they would sell lead wire that they used for swaging. It was fairly soft but was a pretty cheap and reliable source of metal. They always had a shelving unit full of ‘seconds’ bullets and I bought a lot of them. Swaged 38 wadcutters, , 200gr .45 acp SWC’s and 158gr JHP’s. Little boxes of 500 for about half of what you found at midway.
I have also shot a few boxes, more recently if the Hornady swaged HBWC’s. I’m no Bullseye pro, but they seem
To shoot pretty good for me. They are coated in mica, I think. Kind of white powder.
I have a box of those .44’s too. I remember hearing they really came apart at full .44 magnum speeds. I assume they are a pretty soft core and a lot of it exposed would open pretty well. Sounds like a dandy close range coyote round!