Hornady InterLoc was just the design in the jacket. It was not available on the 200 gr FP originally.
The Hawk 200 gr is probably the closest to the Hornady in terms of quality for the design and price. They work well at about 2400 FPS.
A Lee factory crimp die is money well spent. Keep velocity close to the originals in 200 gr. I have some Hawk 225 gr and they are about perfect.
Peters offered a 210 gr early on. It was supposed to be a good bullet in the 348 Model 71.
Thanks; figured on getting a Lee crimper. Turned out to be very useful, almost mandatory, on my .44-40 cowboy loads...
My Hornady's are old, old packaging unlike the current pictures... probably just plain ol' cup-and-core, then. Haven't looked at Hawk yet; might do that just so I have a bazillion options sometime down the pike...
Is there a campfire thread about best powders for the .348? Haven't found anything comprehensive with the search tool... I have Ken Waters' Pet Loads, the Steve Gash and vanDeburg articles from Handloader. I see I mis-typed H3895 up above; meant H4895.
-Chris
