NikA
Buckeye
A friend I am encouraging to get into reloading bought 500 cheap commercial reloads with plated bullets (.38 Special, mainly to generate brass). These have turned out to be EXTREMELY CHEAP reloads, inasmuch as they lead the barrel to the point of keyholing at 25ft after 75 rounds. I believe the problem is a combination of thin plating with an overly agressive crimp, but we are wondering if there is a better way than shooting up the remaining 300 rounds to move forward from this problem. I have given him some Alox as a potential short term solution but we have not tested this approach yet. Thoughts?