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Originally Posted by redhawk444
Winchester markets a 38 Super loading that they claim delivers 1240 fps with a 125 gr. hollow point bullet in a 5" barrel.
It is referred to as a 38Super+P
Givin the size of the case, I would guess the pressure to be crowding 30K psi, but that is just a guess.
It ain't no pansey.  |
Is that the Silvertip? If so, I've chronoed it, and it runs more like 1050-1100 fps, at least when I last checked it. Even if it actually ran at 1240, that's just barely more than 9x19 NATO, at 1220 fps. I won't stand in front of it, but it barely scratches the surface of what .38 Super can safely do.
And let me correct myself on something: In .38 Special, with 150-158 gr. CAST bullets, one can get velocities that rival .38 Super, without endangering most guns. With the lighter bullets, and jacketed ones of any weight, not so much...