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Old 08-13-2018, 08:06 PM
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I'm pretty new to revolvers, and very new to the 38-357 revolvers. Started reloading 38 special and was chronographing those today and figured I'd fire a few of the Winchester PDX1's I had with me across the chono, and here's what I got.

from a 2 5/8" model 627 PC 1047 fps avg
from a 4" model 28-2 1175 fps avg

That's quite a bit less than I was expecting (also quite a bit less recoil than I was expecting). Is this inline with what others have seen with this load?
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Hi, welcome to the Forum. Don't know how to post links, but TNoutdoors9 on YouTube chrono'd this load at 1245 FPS from a 3" bbl'd Ruger GP100. Possible the load has been "diluted" over the intervening 6/7 years?

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Old 08-16-2018, 09:10 PM
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Hi, welcome to the Forum. Don't know how to post links, but TNoutdoors9 on YouTube chrono'd this load at 1245 FPS from a 3" bbl'd Ruger GP100. Possible the load has been "diluted" over the intervening 6/7 years?

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That seems to be the case with many manufacturers in just about every caliber. (Watered down from original)
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Old 08-16-2018, 09:41 PM
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Good grief! Is your chronograph working properly? A 125 at 1175 is NOT a .357 Magnum. Someone should be ashamed of themselves for calling it that, if they did so with a straight face. That’s 9mm performance!

That’s pathetic.
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I can get my 3.5" C9 9mm pistol to shoot a 124 plated at 1173 with Unique...... blue dot at 1230.

A light 125 in a 686 6" does 1245fps with w231 powder,
and 1502 fps with 2400 powder.

However I do get great accuracy at just that 1245fps load.
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Old 09-02-2018, 06:24 PM
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This is why I enjoy chronographing various ammo, in variety of guns. Like Forest Gump said, "you never know what you're gonna get".

FWIW, in a bullet weight similar to the 125 .357 PDX, the chronographed velocity of Federal 9mm HST 124 +P in my 3" revolver averaged 1295 FPS. Go figure
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