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Originally Posted by SaxonPig
Current (as of 2006) Factory PMC 125 JHPs averaged 1120 FPS.
Current (as of 2006) Factory Winchester 130 FMJs averaged 1130 FPS.
Factory Winchester 130 FMJ purchased around 1985* ran 1270 FPS average.
Like I said, 38 Super USED to be loaded in nickel cases to visually differentiate it from the identical but lower pressure 38 ACP. I noticed sometime after 2000 that they no longer used nickel cases for the Super. My test showed why.
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I thought you tested "old" ammunition, is that the 1985 stuff you are referring to? If so, that probably does not qualify as old within the framework of these old -vs- new ammo discussions.
As to nickel cases, I am now staring at 6 boxes of recent manufacture 38 Super ammo, all in nickel cases: two bullet weights each in Remington, two each in Winchester, Federal American Eagle and Magtech are all nickel. No kidding.