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Originally Posted by random_rest
Greetings, I'm new to the forum.
I'm interested if anyone has chronographed the Speer short barrel 135 grain gold dot .38+P and/or .357 mag from a 2 1/2 inch barrel, as well as the standard 125 grain +P from the same maker. I'm trying to decide whether to go with the short barrel or the regular +P 125 gr gold dot for carry. I don't own a chronograph so don't know how to compare velocity and energy for a barrel length that Speer doesn't report on. I'm shooting a model 19 2.5 inch. I do know I don't want to carry full .357 loads -- to much flash and bang.
Thanks for any info.
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By the way, I prefer the Gold Dot short barrel 357 magnum loads for the reason that you mentioned. Full-power 357 magnum loads are not very controllable in smaller-framed revolvers, in my opinion, even the all-stainless versions. I do practice a bit with full-power 158 grain 357 magnums in my S&W 640 (all-stainless j-frame), but mainly because they are much less expensive than the Gold Dot short barrel 357 magnums.