Thread: Old 38 Special High-Speed Loads
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by M E Morrison View Post
38/44 loads were intended for N frames - I think you were pushing your luck using a K frame.
Well said! And yet, the 60s-era S&W catalogs listed acceptable cartridges for each model. The .38-44, IIRC, was listed as safe to be fired in the steel frame Chiefs Special.

Just not comfortably, but they don't say that! Good shooting to you!

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