Anyone still have some of this vintage ammo:

1. Remington 38 Special "Hi-Speed" 158 gr LRN at 1,090 fps
2. WW 38 Special "Super X" 150 gr LRN at 1,060 fps
(...velocities from 6 inch factory test barrels)

anyone ever shoot these? Any velocity data? Guess in real world these would be 1,000 fps + in 6 inch revolvers. I recall shooting them in the early 1970s before the +P designation, and was pretty impressed with them. Not as hot as original pre war WW2 38-44's (@these were 1,125 fps in 6 inch) but appear to be in the same ball park.

I have most of a box of the Remington .38-44 load you cite and have shot a few in my 5" Heavy Duty. It is a hot load, but the heavy N-frame tames it pretty well. Have no means of chrono-ing this load. Difficult to make any kind of judgment about any .38 when you spend as much time as I do shooting .357 loads in short-barrel J-frames.

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