anyone use the Hornady lead bullets

[bossman]

I've used the Hornady .38 lswchp and liked it. Looking to try the 230 gr and the 255 gr and will be using Universal powder. Anybody have any favorite loads with Hornady's. What's the old FBI load.

 

[ammo.crafter]

FBI

The old FBI .38spl load was 158gr cast lead swc hp

 

[bossman]

No one? What's up with them are they to soft?

 

[noylj]

They are swaged bullets. They are not soft, as in pure lead swaged bullets.
I like them, except for the cost and they do not give me the accuracy that other lead bullets do. I am a big fan of swaged bullets rather than cast bullets.
However, in .38 Special wadcutter loads for my S&W M52, the Remington 148gn HBWC beats all others brands I have tested hands down and they are the least expensive.
For .45 Auto, the Hornady 200gn SWC is OK, but my own cast RCBS 452-201-KT (or whatever it is) and H&G68 are much better. Precision bullets makes a Moly-Koted swaged 200gn SWC that is one of my favorite bullets.
Of the many Hornady Frontier bullets I have tried, I like the 140gn .38 caliber Cowboy bullet in 9x19 and .38 Super.

 

[Rifletom]

Been using the Hornady 158 swc-hp and Unique[4.5gr]. That load is out of a older manual, as I don't have my new Hornady manual yet. But, it is very accurate in my Ruger Blackhawk. Certainly happy with it.

 

[kraigwy]

I use to use them all the time. They were good bullets, and accurate as any out there. I don't use them now for two reasons. Not many around here and being retired I have more time to cast my own.

Yes they are softer then a lot of cast bullets but that doesn't hurt anything if you clean your gun every now and then.

If the price was right, and I was too lazy to cast my bullets, I'd use them now (if I could find them).