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Originally Posted by DWalt
I have never seen or heard of any gun being marked as +P. Unless yours is very old, there is no safety hazard in shooting +P ammunition occasionally, but it may put more stress on the gun and shorten its useful life. In most cases, there is NEVER a good reason for feeding any gun a steady diet of +P loads. As previously noted, there is also a +P+ load, but SAAMI does not recognize it in their chamber pressure standards. It is defined only as being greater than +P.
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My early (1990) 640 no-dash .38 Special is one about 5,000 with CEN prefix serial numbers that are factory-etched "TESTED FOR +P+", inside the cylinder window. Several other members here own them.
I haven't the slightest interest in firing +P+ in mine, nor do I see any need for that power level in .38 Special. Get a .357 Magnum.