Lost River Ammunition Co.
Lost River Ammunition Company is owned by Ted McIntyre, a military veteran with a professional background managing U.S. Embassy Armories overseas, competitive shooter, hunter and woods bum. Besides that, he’s a heck of a nice guy!
I met McIntyre in Raton, N.M., back in June of this year. He’s a relative newcomer to the ammunition market, but he delivers a great product. One of the things I enjoy about his product is the use of poly-coated bullets.
For this subject, he makes two great wadcutter loads. The first is a 100-grain full wadcutter in .32 H&R, which I had the pleasure of shooting in Louisiana back in February for a conference sponsored by Lipsey’s and S&W for the unveiling of the S&W Ultimate Carry (UC) J-frame revolver. The little 100-grain wadcutter surprised everyone as it penetrated 24” of ballistic gelatin with a velocity of 794 fps from the 2” barrel of the UC.
To say the mild-mannered load opened some eyes among veteran gunwriters would be an understatement. Who wouldn’t love an easy shooting, hence, more accurate gun, capable of 24 inches of penetration? The .32 H&R UC was the more popular of the guns bought by those in attendance by about 2-1.
Lost River also makes a dandy 148-grain .38 Special full wadcutter. Listed at 800 fps, I averaged 780 fps from the 2” UC, according to my chronograph.
Another interesting load they make was designed for older shooters or those having severe arthritis in their hands — which is the curse for many who shot actively for years.
Loaded in .38 Short Colt brass, it’s a 125-grain poly-coat, truncated designed bullet listed at 850 fps. It too, is very light shooting, especially in your favorite .357 Magnum gun. So now you can dust off your favorite shooter and enjoy shooting it, free of pain, during and after range sessions.
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