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Originally Posted by badge 851
Today a 158gr bullet at 850fps is considered to be a +P load. Digging around in old books and gun magazines, I found that when the 38 Special was first introduced (1899-1902 depending on where you look); the standard load was a 158gr LRN bullet at 850fps. Today, in the 21st Century, the standard load is a 158gr bullet (lead or jacketed) at 750-755fps. So the Buffalo Bore load I carry and am so fond of (Click it) fits both categories. Kind of makes me wonder if the current Buffalo BoreŽ 158gr+P (Click Here) with over a 1000fps, is like the earliest +P, 38/44, or Super-Vel loads of the 1960's. What do you think? |
I am in agreement. The +P BB 158 LSWC-HP is the 38/44 velocity and pressure level load of the yesteryear. The independent lab tests I talked about above shows that.
In my 4in K-frames, the BB 158 +P LSWC-HP all average between 1110-1120 fps consistently and 1000 from a 2in J or K snub.
Mind you, I don't shoot them constantly, just enough to maintain familiarity with recoil and check impacts, ~200-300 a year.