Thread: S&W Headstamp .357 Ammo - What bullet?
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Old 06-19-2018, 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by scout789 View Post
I had a box of 125 gr jacketed hollowpoints. I have no idea who might have made the bullets
. What i DO remember is that they felt like they were losded pretty hot and flattened primers seemed to bear that out. Did anyone else have similar experience with the S&W loads?
^^^^what he said. They seemed to be loaded with a slower-burning powder: after ignition in a 4" bbl, you could pour a lot of unused powder granules from the fired case. Ditto for their .38 +P loads.

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