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Old 03-09-2017, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricky B View Post
I wouldn't shoot those smokeless loads through an antique Smith & Wesson tip up, your asking for trouble, that old steel was not made to handle the pressure of smokeless powder, may ruin gun, worse yet, may ruin your hands (just a thought)
Ricky B
They are loaded to low-pressure BP ballistics. True of most factory smokeless loads of the old cartridges which were designed during the BP era, such as .32 S&W, .38 S&W, .45 Colt, .44-40, etc.
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