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38 spl- Will a 125gr hornady xtp expand?
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07-30-2009, 07:21 PM
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In Handloader #217 Brian Pearce wrote a good reloading article on the .38. In it, he says that at 1,000 fps or more, the 125 grain Gold Dot and the XTP expanded fine, but at 900 fps or less, expansion was a sometimes thing.
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