Wadcutter ammo would certainly be more effective than a round nose bullet, but these days, there are two top notch 38 Special defense rounds available. First, Speer's 135 grain Gold Dot 38 Special +P Short Barrel load. This a proven round with the NYPD. Second option would be Federal's 130 grain HST Micro 38 Special +P. This uses a 130 grain jacketed wadcutter that is seated backwards. This concept is based on a very old practice of seating 148 grain hollow base wadcutters backwards. It worked then, it will work even better now with a modern design bullet.

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