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Originally Posted by engtee
Excellent article, but I did not see it addressing Airweights. I am looking to get an Airweight J-Frame and wanted to use the BB 158gr +P in it. I have a line on an older gen 442, but do not know whether it can take these loads.
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The article DID address Airweights, since Airweights (all of them, regardless of date of manufacture,
assuming the cylinders are steel) are chambered for standard pressure .38 Special, and +P only means that pressures are standard, not reduced, and come nowhere near the limit of what the gun can structurally tolerate. Would you want to do your target shooting with +P in your non-+P rated Airweight J-Frame? Probably not, as it will
accelerate wear. You don't, however, need to worry about carrying that load and having it put the gun out of commission at the very time you need it to save your life. They're just not
that hot.