Originally Posted by pabucktail
When I was a kid, just starting out with handguns and reloading, my father said he never liked wadcutters because they were a hassle to load and didn't work as well with speedloaders compared to SWCs. I've never used them before.

What am I missing? I'm thinking about trying some out for sedate loads in the .38 and .357, mostly for a quick and easy way to differentiate plinkers from other ammo and just to try something new. What ones to you guys like?

Their purpose is to make very clear, cookie cutter, holes in paper targets for the purpose of easy scoring in bullseye matches. They also tend to be lightly loaded for more pleasant shooting, without concern for causing flinching.