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I'd have carried this combo.
Doc
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Loaded up some warm 38 Specials using a 158 lead semi-wadcutter over enough 2400 to make 1125 FPS from a 4" barrel. This load duplicates the 38/44 factory load and came from an older reloading manual. This load won't appear in recent ones on advice of counsel. Now all the published loads are kept way below maximum chamber pressure.
Ran some of these through a Colt Officers Model Match made in 1950. If I were a cop back in the 1950s and restricted to a 38 revolver this combination of gun/ammo would have worked fine.
Ran some of these through a Colt Officers Model Match made in 1950. If I were a cop back in the 1950s and restricted to a 38 revolver this combination of gun/ammo would have worked fine.
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Doc, that is a pretty good load for .38!
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cce, isnt that ammo meant for rifles, ie slower powders for the longer bbls? if so i would bet that is about the worst ammo for a snubby. lota flash?
Doc, that is a pretty good load for .38!
It's for both rifles and revolvers. Not necessarily for 2", more for the 8" revolvers. So yeah, I'm losing a bit of velocity. I'd like to try the critical defense .357 magnum soon.
Not a big deal but I want to get it right.
This gun:
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