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Originally Posted by venomballistics
180 grains at 800FPS .... sounds a hair hotter than a 38 spec but makes a bigger hole. either the 38 spec is useless or he has an acceptable load for his needs
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Actually, it is significantly hotter than .38Spl. Most factory .38 cannot meet the (old) minimum power factor (bullet weight multiplied by velocity) for IDPA of 125,000 so they dropped it to 105,000 for the revo guys. That load, however, would make a power factor of 144,000. While far from the Major PF of 165,000 that most .40 loading exceed, it's still no powderpuff by any stretch of the imagination.