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Originally Posted by Rickyyy
So I was just reading about how s&w stopped making 357 mag revolvers in a k-frame. Read that the k-frame was meant for 158 grain 357s and 38 special, but modern ammo would crack the forcing cone.
So I have a theory: they put "38 special ctg" on the barrel of my model 19 so it wouldnt get 357 mag fired out of it and would last longer.
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Here is another of the 19-8 marked 38 Special. It was my understanding that these guns were made for a foreign order that required 38 Spl and that the overruns were bored out for 357 Mag to be sold for the domestic market. Don't think the markings had anything to do with making the gun last longer.
