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Originally Posted by bmcgilvray
"In a 38 spl, a 2” barrel is good for about 900 fps with 125gr loads."
Yes, of course it is if a person deliberately chooses to limit himself to only the use of such loads in his 2-inch snub.
There's more to the .38 Special cartridge than such weak, watery loads just as there's more to .38 Special revolvers than only the snubs that current conventional wisdom wants.
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I think the majority of us that have been around guns and ammo for decades, and have shot upwards of 500k rounds in our lifetime, stick with common manufacturers and well tested ammo; especially in defense ammo.
Well of course there are going to be exceptions. One being the 1400fps 9mm load from Buffalo Bore. Another being the 110gr 38spl +p+ from Super Vel that has blown up a 357 mag recently. I hate boutique ammo! I bought a box of Buffalo Bore 15 years ago and thought the performance was horrible. I wrote it off as a cheap lesson in life. It was an amateur mistake. And to me, the boutique ammo is for amateurs. If I can’t buy it by the case to test I don’t want it.