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2nd model Colt Detective Spl

shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
edited November 2013 in Ask the Experts
I purchased a 1976 Detective Special can they handle +p loads? Not for shooting on a regular basis, but carry?
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  • Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes.
    In spite of the Timid Internet, any reasonably modern .38 Spl can handle enough +P to let you feel the recoil and check the sights and then win several lifetimes worth of gunfights.
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is steel framed. I'm not sure how it would do with a steady diet of +P's. I carry what I shoot all the time in my model 60 S&W, which is a full 38 Special load. Many 1000's of rounds later t is still a nice tight pistol that shoots well.
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