"Short range bullet? What is a short range bullet?"
Bledsoe, Years ago several cartridges were available in Short Range loads, factory loaded. The .38-55 SR used a 145 grain lead bullet loaded over 20 grains of loose black powder. Ideal copied that bullet, offing it as #37583. The short range bullet for the .32-40 was #39150, a 98 grain bullet that was originally loaded over 13 grains of black powder. For the .303 Savage the short range load was called a "miniature load" (following the Britisher's term) and it used a 100 grain bullet, either lead or a full metal jacket. Ideal's copy of that bullet was #31110. The .30-30 and the .25-35 also had short range loads. During the 1970s Lyman tried to increase sales for their .32-40 and .38-55 short range bullet designs by offering them as conical bullets for percussion revolvers, either .31 or .36 caliber. I don't know of anyone who used them for shooting in the percussion pistols but Lyman's move did make these two short range bullet mould more available and sometimes new ones can still be found. Your 245 grain bullet sounds similar to the Lyman/Ideal #375249 and with 10 grains of Unique that bullet should be approaching 1300 FPS. That doesn't qualify for the old short range load but it is certainly a fine loading. (I do believe it!) The old short range loads had velocities with their lightweight bullets of only 1000 FPS.
